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 Unpublished variant.(14.28gr, 27mm, 6h.).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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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Constantinople mint. Class A2. ✠ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; in each limb of the nimbate cross X with dots; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.41; SB 1818 (Class A3). 10.27gr, 29mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 582-602.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 4 (AD 585/6). 3rd officina. D N ᙏAVRC τIbЄR P P AVI, helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand, shield on left shoulder / Large M; cross above; ANNO II II (date) across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. DOC 27c.I; MIBE 67D; SB 494. 13.44gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Leo VI the Wise AE Follis. AD 886-912.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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. 6.98gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
