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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Group of Six [6] Byzantine AE Coins. 6th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various emperors. 50gr total.
Near Fine to Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Justin II and Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Uncertain military mint. Dated RY 4 (AD 568-569). [...]TINVS P P AVI, Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, both nimbate, enthroned facing / Large K; cross above, ANNO Δ (date) across field, TЄS below. MIBE 94; DOC 65 (Thessalonica); SB 366 (Thessalonica). 7.06gr, 21mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Constantinople mint. Class A2. [✠ Є]MMA-[NOVHΛ], nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; two dots in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.40 or 51; SB 1818 (Class A3). 9.22gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
