LOT 3242
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 582-602.
Uncertain 'military mint' in Sicily or Italy. Dated RY 2 (AD 583/4). 1st officina. D N ᙏAVR P P AVII, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield with left / Large M between ANNO and II (date); cross above, A below; KYZ in exergue. MIBE -; cf. SB 517 (Cyzicus). Good Very Fine. Unpublished variant.(14.28gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Group of Six [6] AE Byzantine coins. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various emperors. 26.74gr total.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Theophilus AE Follis. AD 829-842.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Constantinople mint. ΘЄOFIL BASIL, three-quarter length bust facing, wearing loros, crown and tufa, holding labarum and globus cruciger / + ΘEOFILЄ AVGOVSTЄ SV NICAS in four lines. DOC 15; SB 1667. 6.45gr, 27mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Romanus III Argyrus, AD 1028-1034.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Constantinople mint. Class B. + ЄMMA-[NOV]HΛ around, IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ Pantokrator facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of Gospels / Large cross pommée set upon two steps; IS XS bAS-ILЄ bAS-ILЄ to left and right above and beneath cross. DOC Class B; SB 1823. 11.62gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier Anonymous Class A3 Follis (SB 1818).
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
