LOT 3239
Tiberius II Constantine AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 578-582.
Antioch (Theoupolis) mint. Dated RY 8 (AD 581/2). [...]IЄRIT-S P RI, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa with right hand and eagle-tipped sceptre with left / Large X; cross above; ANNO III Ч (date) across field; R below. DOC -; MIBE 59b var. (unlisted date configuration); SB 457 var. (same). Very Fine. Extremely rare variety with this date configuration.(2.31gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Constantine VI and Irene AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 780-797.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Constantinople mint; struck AD 792-797. Crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, set on horizontal bar; cross to right, pellets flanking; below, large M flanked by X - N; A below. DOC 7; SB 1598. 1.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Justinian I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Nicomedia mint. Dated year 35 (AD 561/2). Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large I, cross above; ANNO and XXXV (date) on either side; NIK below. DOC I 158; SB 205. 2.04gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
John II Comnenus EL Aspron Trachy. AD 1118-1143.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Constantinople mint. Struck AD 1122-1142(?). Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / John and St. George standing facing, holding patriarchal cross set on three steps between them. SB 1942. 2.49gr, 31mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
