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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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Alexius I, circa AD 1085-1092. Constantinople mint. Class K.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; all inside border of large dots / M Θ, half-length facing figure of the Theotokos, orans; all inside border of large dots. DOC K; SB 1901. 5.96gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 666-668. Constantinopolis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Draped bust of Constans II facing, with long beard and moustache, wearing crown ornamented with cross and holding globus cruciger in his right hand; in field to right, K / Large M surmounted by crowned and draped bust of Constantine IV holding globus cruciger in his right hand and flanked by crowned and draped busts of Heraclius and Tiberius, each holding globus cruciger in his right hand. DOC 88; MIB 177 a-b; SB 1013. 4.82gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tiberius III (Apsimar) AE 40 Nummi of Follis. Dated RY 1(?) (AD 698/9). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding transverse spear and shield / Large M, cross above; [date] across field; A below, CON in exergue. SB 1366. 4.17gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on uncertain type.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
