LOT 3265
Michael III "the Drunkard", with Basil I AE Follis. AD 842-867.
Constantinopolis mint; struck AD 866-867. ✠ MIhAЄL IMPЄRAT', bust of Michael III facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right / ✠ bASILIЧS RЄX✱, bust of Basil I facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right. SB 1693. Very Fine.(5.96gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Anastasius I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 491-518.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Contemporary imitation of Constantinople mint issue. ON ANOM[...], diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; above, cross; to left and right, stars; in exergue, [CON?]. For prototype cf. SB 19; DOC 23; MIBE 27. 12.68gr, 28mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
St. Eugenius seated on horseback to right, holding long cross in his right hand and reins in his left; NI to upper right; pellet beneath horse's head / Alexius II on horseback to right, holding lis-tipped sceptre; uncertain legend behind, M before; pellet beneath horse's head. SB 2619; S. Bendall, An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond 52; Retowski -. 1.91gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Pierced. Apparently unpublished variant with these sigla.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Heraclius, with Martina and Heraclius Constantine, AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 610-641.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Uncertain mint in Cyprus (perhaps Constantia). Dated RY 19 (AD 628/9). Heraclius between Martina, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, each standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger in their left hands; two small crosses across upper fields / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANN to left, X IЧ II I (date) in four lines to right, KYΠP below. SB 849 var. (no small crosses on obverse; arrangement of date); MIB 198 var. (same); DOC 184 var. (arrangement of date). 3.51gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 2h. Exceedingly rare variant and apparently unique.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
