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LOT 3947
Romanus II AE 18mm. AD 959-963. Cherson mint.
Large cross floriate on two steps; in fields to left and right, pellet / Large monogram of PധMA. DOC 3a; SB 1775. Very Fine.(3.54gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Leo VI the Wise AE Follis. AD 886-912. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✠ LЄOꞂ bAS-ILЄVS ROᙏ', facing bust of Leo VI with short beard, wearing chlamys and cross-tipped crown, holding akakia / ✠ LЄOꞂ ЄꞂ ΘЄΟ bASILЄVS ROᙏЄOꞂ in four lines. DOC 8; SB 1729. 7.54gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector. -
Anastasius I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 512-517. Constantinople mint. 1st (?) officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, stars flanking; A(?) below, CON in exergue. Cf. DOC 23d; MIBE 27; SB 19. 17.11gr, 36mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Theophilus AE Follis. Struck AD 830/1-842. Uncertain provincial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΘЄOFIL] ЬASIL', half-length facing figure of Theophilus, wearing loros and tufa decorated with pellets, holding labarum and globus cruciger / + ΘЄOFILЄ AVGOVSTЄ SV ҺICAS in four lines. DOC p. 441, 17; SB 1685. 6.57gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
