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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Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
ALЄZ, Alexius, holding trefoil sceptre on horseback riding to right; sigla: P to right; symbol beneath horse / O A (as monogram) ЄV-Γ-Ν, St. Eugenius, holding cruciform sceptre, on horseback riding to right; [symbol] beneath horse. Cf. Sommer (2023), p. 669, T7.6.2.; Bendall, Introduction 52; SB 2619. 2.04gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 586/7). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Garbled legend, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large m; ANNO to left, Ч to right, cross above, ƮHЄUP' in exergue. DOC 156; MIBE 95Ab; SB 532. 12.83gr, 31mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Justinian I AE Decanummium of 10 Nummi. Dated RY 33 (AD 559/60). Cyzicus mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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.
