LOT 3739
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. Very Fine.(7.15gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Justinian I AE Decanummium of 10 Nummi. Dated RY 33 (AD 559/60). Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N IV[...]ANVS A, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large I, cross (or star) above; [A N N O] X XX III (date) across field; KVZ (Z retrograde) in exergue. DOC 193-8 var. (unlisted date); SB 209. 1.94gr, 14mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare date.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Alexius I Comnenus AE Tetarteron. AD 1081-1118. Thessalonica(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[Τω Κ Ο ΜΝΗ], Alexius I crowned, facing, holding cruciform sceptre in right hand and globus cruciger in left / C Φ AΛ Δ, jewelled cross with globe at each extremity, X at the centre of the cross. DOC 40; SB 1931 (Philippopolis). 2.79gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Phocas AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 2 (AD 603/4). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
δ m [...] PЄRP AVG, crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in right hand and cross in left / Large XXXX in centre; above, ANNO; below, KYZA; in field to right, II. DOC 70; MIB 76; SB 665. 12.90gr, 32mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
