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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Tiberius III (Apsimar) AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Constantinople mint. Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield / Large K; cross above, A N N O [?] (date) across field. SB 1368. 3.85gr, 25mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Struck on a triangular flan, most likely made by quartering a large follis of Constantine IV.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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 Apparently unpublished variant with these sigla.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. -
Justinian I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 25 (AD 551/2). d N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AV, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large I; cross above, A N N O X X Ч (date) across field; THЧП in exergue. DOC 256.1; MIBE 158; SB 237. 4.86gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
