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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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Romanus III Argyrus, AD 1028-1034.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Constantinople mint. Class B. + ЄMMA-[NOV]HΛ around, IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ Pantokrator facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of Gospels / Large cross pommée set upon two steps; IS XS bAS-ILЄ bAS-ILЄ to left and right above and beneath cross. DOC Class B; SB 1823. 11.62gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier Anonymous Class A3 Follis (SB 1818).
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Nine [9] AE Byzantine Coins. 10th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various rulers. 50.10gr total.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nicomedia mint. Dated RY 9 (AD 573/4). 2nd officina. [...]-NVI P P AVG (AV ligate), nimbate figures of Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne / Large M; cross above, ANNO ςI II (date) across field; B below, NIKO in exergue. DOC 99c; MIBE 46a; SB 369. 11.63gr, 28mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
