LOT 3726
Tiberius II Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 578/9). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
∂ m TIb CONS-TANT P P AVI, facing crowned bust with pendilia, surmounted by cross, wearing consular robes, holding akakia in right hand, and scipio aquila surmounted by cross in left / Large m (mark of value); A N N O in left field, Ч (date) in right, cross above, CONA in exergue. DOC 11a; MIBE 25; SB 430. Very Fine.(17.88gr, 36mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3726
Tiberius II Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis.
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Heraclius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 2 (AD 611/2). Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
δ N hRAClI PЄ[...], helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding cross and shield / Large M; A N N O II (date) across fields, B below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 168b; MIB 184; SB 839. 10.61gr, 32mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 18 (AD 544/5). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large M, ANNO XЧI II (date) across field, cross above, A below; KYZ in exergue. MIBE 120; DOC 170a; SB 207. 19.93gr, 36mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
ALЄZo K, Alexius, holding trefoil sceptre on horseback riding to right; Hm to upper right; sigla: N to right / O A (as monogram) ЄV-ΓЄ-Ν, St. Eugenius, holding cruciform sceptre, on horseback riding to right; three floral ornaments beneath horse. Cf. Retowski 1-55 (for Alexius II Aspers); Bendall, Introduction 52; SB 2619. 2.36gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
