LOT 3262
Leo VI the Wise AE Follis. AD 886-912.
Constantinople mint. ✠ LЄOh ЬAS-ILЄVS ROᙏ', crowned bust facing, wearing chlamys and holding akakia in his right hand / ✠ LЄOҺ ЄҺ ӨЄO ЬA-SILЄVS R-OᙏЄOҺ in four lines. DOC 8; SB 1729. Good Very Fine.(6.98gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland.
From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Six [6] Byzantine AE Coins. 6th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various emperors. 50gr total.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Leontius AE 20 Nummi of Half Follis. AD 695-698.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 695/6). Uncertain officina. Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger with right hand; cross to right / Large K; cross above, [ANNO] A (date) across field, uncertain letter below. Cf. DOC 8a; MIB 33; SB 1335. 3.26gr, 23mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck on uncertain undertype.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Attributed to Constantine X, AD 1042-1050.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Constantinople mint. Class C. + ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, three-quarter length bust of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with left; IC XC across fields / Large jeweled cross, with IC XC NI-KA in its angles. DOC C; SB 1825. 7.97gr, 31mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
