LOT 3943
Theophilus AE Follis. Struck AD 830/1-842. Uncertain provincial mint.
[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. Near Very Fine.(6.57gr, 29mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 20 (AD AD 601/2). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
∂ N ᙏAЧΓI CN P AЧT, crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, Α below, A N N O to left, X X (date) to right, THЄЧP' in exergue. DOC 172a; SB 533. 11.39gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Romanus IV, circa AD 1068-1071. Constantinople mint. Class G.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / MP ΘV, facing bust of the Theotokos, orans. DOC G.1-28; SB 1867. 6.79gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly overstruck.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Justin II and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Nicomedia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
∂ N IVSTI-NVS P P AVC, Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre; cross(?) between / Large M; cross above; ANNO X (date) across field; A below, NIKO in exergue. DOC I 100a; SB 369. 13.36gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
