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LOT 4258
Manuel I Comnenus BI Aspron Trachy. Circa AD 1152-1160. Constantinopolis mint.
Christ seated facing on square-backed throne, wearing pallium and colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC XC / MAN૪ΗΛ ΔЄCΠΟΤΗ, Manuel I Comnenus standing facing, wearing crown with pendilia and loros, holding cruciform sceptre in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. DOC 11b; SB 1963. Very Fine.(5.26gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4258
Manuel I Comnenus BI Aspron Trachy.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Constantine X Ducas AE Follis. AD 1059-1067. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with pellet in each limb and empty in each quarter, pallium, and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left arm; IC XC (barred) across fields / + KΩN RACIΛЄVC O ΔOVK, bust of Constantine X facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with cross and pendilia, cross in right hand, akakia in left. SB 1854. 8.13gr, 30mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Overstruck.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 9 (AD 573/4). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] NVS P P [...], Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre / Large M; Chi-Rho above; A N N O GI II (date) in left and right fields; Γ below, CON in exergue. DOC I 37c; SB 360. 15.20gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 610-641. Uncertain RY. Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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; c/m: monogram / Large M, [cross?] C above; date across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. Cf. SB 810. 5.60gr, 26mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
