LOT 3255
Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). 1st officina. [...] T[...]IЧƧ PЄ AV, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, with short beard, holding transverse spear across body in right hand, shield in left / Large M between [ANNO] and I (date) between pellets; cross above, A below, [CON] in exergue. MIB 73; DOC 7; SB 1366. Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier type.(5.45gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Group of Nine [9] Byzantine AE Coins. 7th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various emperors. 62gr total.
Near Fine to Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). 4th officina. Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, with short beard, holding transverse spear across body in right hand, shield in left / Large M between ANNO and I (date); cross above, Δ below, [CON] in exergue. MIB 73; DOC - (unlisted officina); SB 1366. 4.30gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on an earlier type.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Constantinople mint. Class A2. ✠ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; in each limb of the nimbate cross X with dots; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.41; SB 1818 (Class A3). 10.27gr, 29mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
