LOT 3257
Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
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. Very Fine. Overstruck on an earlier type.(4.30gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 641-668.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Constantinopolis mint. Dated RY 19 (AD 659/60). Constans II standing facing, in military attire, wearing long beard and plumet helmet, holding long cross with his right hand and placing his left on his hip; to left, [I] Θ, to right, [cross] and M / Constantine IV, Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger in right hand. DOC 82g; MIB 175; SB 1011. 3.64gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 582-602.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 4 (AD 585/6). 3rd officina. D N ᙏAVRC τIbЄR P P AVI, helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand, shield on left shoulder / Large M; cross above; ANNO II II (date) across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. DOC 27c.I; MIBE 67D; SB 494. 13.44gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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.
