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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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Anastasius I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 491-518. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
D N ANASTASIVS P F A(?), diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CON-CORDI, large I, pellets to right and left. DOC 19e; SB 26. 1.43gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 20 (AD 629/30). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Crowned facing figures of Heraclius, wearing military attire, holding long cross and resting hand on hip, and Heraclius Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger; cross above / Large M, cross above; [A N N O] X X (date) across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. SB 810. 8.73gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Circa 11th century AD. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
IC XC to left and right of bust of Christ, nimbate, facing, His right hand raised, book of gospels in His left / Jewelled cross with globe at each end, set on two steps; wedge in each angle. For another example cf. Numismatik Naumann 119, 822; otherwise unpublished. 7.13gr, 28mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on an earlier anonymous follis. Unpublished class.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
