LOT 3946
Leo VI the Wise AE Follis. AD 886-912. Constantinople mint.
✠ LЄOꞂ bAS-ILЄVS ROᙏ', facing bust of Leo VI with short beard, wearing chlamys and cross-tipped crown, holding akakia / ✠ LЄOꞂ ЄꞂ ΘЄΟ bASILЄVS ROᙏЄOꞂ in four lines. DOC 8; SB 1729. Very Fine.(7.54gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s.
Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
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Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 20 (AD 629/30). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Crowned facing figures of Heraclius, wearing military attire, holding long cross and resting hand on hip, and Heraclius Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger; cross above / Large M, cross above; [A N N O] X X (date) across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. SB 810. 8.73gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Justin II AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 565-578. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16
Monogram of Justin II / Large Є; in field to right, cross. DOC 186; MIB 65a; SB 386. 1.35gr, 13mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Tiberius III (Apsimar) AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear / Large K; cross above, A N N O I (date) across field. Cf. DOC 12; SB 1368. 4.42gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Struck on the typical for the period irregular flan.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
