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Constantine IX (1042-1055), Constantine IX (1042-1055), Histamenon Nomisma, nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding Gospels, rev. bust of Constantine facing, holding long cross and globe surmounted by cross, 4.36g/6h (DOC 3; Sear 1830). Extremely fine (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £460
Constantine IX (1042-1055), Constantine IX (1042-1055), Histamenon Nomisma, similar, 4.43g/6h (DOC 3; Sear 1830). Extremely fine (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £330
Alexius I (1081-1092), Alexius I (1081-1118), Follis, Thessalonica, facing crowned bust, wearing stemma, divitaion and loros, holding sceptre cruciger, rev. CQMD in angles of jewelled cross, 1.73g/6h (DOC 40; Sear 1910). Very fine, dark patina, very rare (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £75
John II (1118-1143), John II Comnenus (1118-1143), Hyperpyron, c. 1137-43, Christ enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, throne with high, pearl-ornamented back, rev. Emperor wearing loros and holding globus cruciger, standing facing and being crowned and blessed by the Virgin, 4.35g/7h (DOC 3a; Sear 1940). Very fine (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £180
Manuel I (1143-1180), Manuel I (1143-1180), Tertarteron, facing bust of Virgin nimbate, rev. facing crowned bust, wearing stemma, divitaion and loros, holding labarum-headed sceptre, 4.40g/5h (DOC 17; Sear 1970). Very fine, dark patina (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £45
Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Nicæa, Hyperpyron, c. 1232-54, Magnesia, Christ enthroned, rev. John standing on left, crowned by the Virgin, 4.28g/6h (DOC 4c; Sear 2073). Very fine (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £140
Miscellaneous, Magical Amulet, 6th century, King Solomon enthroned facing, holding scroll and an uncertain object, feet on footstool decorated with zzz, coiled serpent Ourobouros with its tail in its mouth around, eFpaGiS xoLomWnox above, ethna oxaLamazaba meaza ovc to left, abo vac mohe nete kene hhe aab k to right, rev. snake-legged, cock-headed Abraxas, with the body and arms of a man, holding a sword and shield, three stars in field, the whole enclosed within the coiled serpent...
Hammer Price: £4,800
Arab-Byzantine, Abd al-Malik Ibn Marwan, fifth Caliph of the Umayyad Dynasty (685-705), Solidus, Damascus, yr. 11 [AH 75/6; AD 696/7], figures of Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas standing facing, wearing crowns without crosses and holding globes without crosses, rev. VICTORIA AVGYB, transformed cross potent on steps without transverse arm of cross, i a in field, CONOB in exergue, 4.24g/5h (cf. Goodwin, Arab-Byzantine Coinage [2005], p.23, fig.4 [Kahalili collection], for year;...
Hammer Price: £32,000
Arab-Byzantine, Abd al-Malik Ibn Marwan, Fals, c. 693-7, Ybna Filastin, standing caliph holding sword to his left, rev. filastin ybna, cursive m, 3.46g/4h (Goodwin 88, same dies; Walker 85). Very fine, dark earthy patina, rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £50
Islamic, Umayyads, Fals, post-Reform after c. 697, Filastin, 3.46g/4h (Walker 911). Very fine, dark earthy patina, rare (£80-100)
£80–£100
Islamic, Fatimids, Al-Mustansir (1036-94), Robaï, Palermo, 1.00g/9h (Spahr 36; Album 722). Extremely fine (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £220
Islamic, Fatimids, Al-Mustansir, Robaï, Palermo, 0.5g/9h (Spahr 36; Album 722). Extremely fine (£100-150)
Islamic, Fatimids, Ibn al-Thumna, Emir of Syracuse (c. 1052-62), Robaï, 1.00g/4h (Tarascio 57; Spahr p.127, a-g). Very fine and very rare (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £320
The Latin East, Antioch, Bohemund III, Minority (1139-63), Denier, 0.95g/6h (Metcalf A1; CCS p.205, 22). Very fine, rare (£60-80)
£60–£80
The Latin East, County of Edessa, temp. Baldwin I or II (1100-4), Æ, male figure with outstretched hands holding uncertain objects, rev. garbled legend around star, 1.87g (cf. Porteous, The Early Coinage of the Counts of Edessa, NC 1975, 12, for rev.; cf. Pesant, Barbaric Coins of the Crusader Counts of Edessa, SNC May 1988, pp.115-16, 1-4, for type). Fine; apparently unpublished (£100-150)
Hammer Price: £410
The Latin East, Kingdom of Jerusalem, Acre, Christian Arabic Dirhem, 1251, Arabic legend around cross, ‘One God, one Faith, one Baptism, struck in Acre year one thousand and two hundred and one and fifty of the Incarnation’ rev. Arabic legend ‘The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, one Divinity, His is the glory forever and ever, amen, amen’, 2.40g/5h (Metcalf 229-31; CCS 15 obv./17 rev.). Good very fine (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £170
The Latin East, The Most Serene Republic of Venice, Michele Morosini (1382), Ducat, 3.38g/1h (Paolucci 1; F 1228). Slightly clipped, otherwise very fine and very rare (£1,000-1,500)
Hammer Price: £1,000
Danube Celts, Philip III type Drachms (6), various [6]. Fine to very fine (£200-250)
Hammer Price: £160
Celtic silver (6), bronzes (14, including three pieces of ring money); Greek bronzes (3) [23]. Varied state (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £270
Samaria, temp. Pharnabasos (c. 413-373 BCE), Obols and Hemiobols with decriptive tickets, catalogued according to Meshorer and Qedar, 31, 37, 45, 48, 75, 77, 75, 77, 87, 92, 102, 105, 111, 120, 134, 135, 138, 159, 161, 163, 197 [21]. Fine to very fine (£800-1,000)
£800–£1,000
Nabatæa, Aretas IV and Shaqilath (9 BC-40 AD) bronzes (20), large module (10), small module (10); other Nabatæan bronzes (40) [60]. Varied state (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £110
Greek silver Staters (7), including Neapolis, Thurion, Akragas, etc [7]. Varied state (£250-350)
Hammer Price: £300
Greek silver (25), Sicily to Bactria [25]. Varied state (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £620
Greek silver (3), bronzes (2); Roman Denarii (6), Antoninianii (14), bronzes (4) [29]. Varied state (£300-400)
Greek silver (6), bronzes (77), Iberia to Bactria [83]. Varied state (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £600
Greek silver (10), including Thasos, Ainos, Abdera, Pharsalos, Queen Philistis of Syracuse, etc; together with a bronze of Morgantina [11]. Varied state (£150-200)
Greek bronzes (42), mostly Northern Greece [42]. Varied state, all patinated (£600-700)
£600–£700
Greek bronzes (58), various issues from Italy to Bactria [58]. Varied state (£600-700)
Hammer Price: £480
Greek bronzes (83), various issues from Italy to Bactria [83]. Varied state (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £700
Greek bronzes (16); Roman silver (4), bronze (8); Byzantine bronzes (4); other miscellaneous coins (2) [34]. Varied state (£150-200)
Greek bronzes (4); Byzantine bronzes (17); together with other miscellaneous coins (6) [27]. Varied state (£80-100)
Greek and Roman Provincial, silver (7), bronzes (29), including issues of Alexandria Istraos and Northern Greece [36]. Varied state (£200-300)
£200–£300
Greek and Roman (24), miscellaneous issues [24]. Varied state; all with descriptive tickets (£400-500)
Hammer Price: £390
Greek and Roman (39), miscellaneous issues [39]. Varied state; all with descriptive tickets (£600-800)
Roman Provincial, Edessa, Commodus and Abgar VIII, bronzes (2); Gordian III and Abgar X, bronzes (6); other bronzes (11) [19]. Varied state (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £40
Roman Provincial, billon and bronzes (15), from Asia Minor and Egypt [15]. Varied state (£300-400)
Hammer Price: £340
Roman Provincial, bronzes (28), various mints [28]. Varied state (£300-400)
Roman Provincial, bronzes (58), Iberia to Syria [58]. Varied state (£600-800)
Hammer Price: £650
Roman Provincial, bronzes (77), Iberia to Syria [77]. Varied state (£800-1,000)
Hammer Price: £720
Roman Provincial, lead Tesseræ (6), mostly from Alexandria [6]. Varied state (£50-70)
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