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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LOT 3739
Leo VI the Wise AE Follis.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 20 (AD 601/2). Kyzikos mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
[...]ICI TIbE[...], crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M, A N N O X X (date) across fields, Christogram(?) above, A below, KYZ in exergue. Cf. DOC 134a; SB 519. 13.13gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Attractive green patina.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Heraclius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 3 (AD 612/3). Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
∂ N ҺRA[...], draped, and cuirassed bust of Heraclius facing, wearing helmet with cross and pendilia and holding globus cruciger / Large M; [cross above], A N N O II I (date) across field; B below, NIKO in exergue. Cf. DOC 155b3; MIB 174; SB 833. 13.98gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very FIne. Overstruck on an earlier follis.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Time of Romanus IV, circa AD 1068-1071. Constantinople mint. Class G.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / MP ΘV, facing bust of the Theotokos, orans. DOC G.1-28; SB 1867. 5.63gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
