LOT 3743
Manuel I Comnenus, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. 1238-1263.
St. Eugenius standing facing, holding long cross / Crowned facing figure of Manuel, holding labarum and akakia; manus Dei to upper right. Retowski 43; S. Bendall, An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond, 20; SB 2602. Good Very Fine.(2.83gr, 22mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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LOT 3743
Manuel I Comnenus, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Justinian I AE 2 Nummi. Struck AD 533/4-538. Carthage mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; [crosses flanking?] / Large B. DOC 102 (Thessalonica); MIBE 190; SB 277. 1.09gr, 11mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
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.
