LOT 3261
Theophilus AE Follis. AD 829-842.
Constantinople mint. ΘЄOFIL BASIL, three-quarter length bust facing, wearing loros, crown and tufa, holding labarum and globus cruciger / + ΘEOFILЄ AVGOVSTЄ SV NICAS in four lines. DOC 15; SB 1667. Very Fine.(6.45gr, 27mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine IV Pogonatus AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 668-685.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Constantinople mint; struck AD 673. 3rd officina. Helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in his right hand / Large K between ANNO and CO N; [cross above], Γ below. DOC 35; SB 1179. 10.20gr, 28mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). 4th officina. [...]ЧƧ P-Є, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, with short beard, holding transverse spear across body in right hand, shield in left / Large M between [ANNO] and I (date); cross above, Δ below, CON in exergue. MIB 73; DOC - (unlisted officina); SB 1366. 4.20gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier type.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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; square in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field. DOC A2.47; SB 1813. 6.42gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
