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Roman Imperial coins, Carausius (286-293), Argenteus, Londinium, c. 287-9, IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. ROMANO RENOV, she-wolf standing right, suckling Romulus and Remus; in ex. RSR, 3.33g/11h (RSC 90; RIC 572; Shiel 80). Good very fine £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Roman Imperial Coinage, Maximianus (286-310), Argenteus, Thessalonica c. 302, laureate head right, rev. three-turreted camp gate without doors; TSΔ, 3.20g/12h (RIC 15b; RSC 627f). Extremely fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £280
Roman Imperial Coinage, Constantius I (Caesar 293-305), Argenteus, Rome, c. 300, laureate head right, rev. X·C / VI in two lines, all within laurel wreath, 3.26g/6h (RIC VI 16a (Carthage); RSC 345). Good very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £160
Roman Imperial coins, Maximinus II (309-313), Solidus, Rome, c. 312-13, MAXIMIN–VS P F AVG, laureate head right, rev. VBIQVE V-ICTORES, Maximinus standing right, holding spear and globe, between two captives seated on ground; PR in exergue, 4.24g/11h (Seems to be unpublished, for type issued in the name of Constantine in Rome; cf. RIC VI p. 688, Addenda to p. 385, after no. 284 and Depeyrot 17/7; for a similar issue struck in the name of Maximinus in Trier cf. RIC VI p. 222, 817b)....
Hammer Price: £18,000
Roman Imperial Coinage, Constantius II (337-361), Siliqua, Siscia, c. 355-361, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev. VOTIS/XXX/MVLTIS/XXXX in four lines within wreath; in ex. SIS, 2.08g/12h (RIC 360; RSC 342-3t). Very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £140
Roman Imperial Coinage, Valens (364-378), Siliqua, Antioch, c. 367-375, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VOT/X/MVLT/XX in four lines within laurel-wreath; in exergue, ANT*, 1.50g/6h (RIC IX 34(d).3; RSC 96r). Good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £100
Roman Imperial Coinage, Arcadius (383-408), Siliqua, Constantinople c. 392-395, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev. VOT/X/MVLT/XX in four lines within wreath; in exergue, CONS, 1.99g/6h (RIC 87b; RSC 28Ac). Good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £95
Byzantine Coinage, Justinian I (527-565), temp. Justinian I (527-565), Siliqua or Scripulum (?), Constantinople, c. 530, helmeted and draped bust of Constantinopolis right, rev. large K, 0.60g/6h (Bendall, Anonymous 8c; Kent 28; Vagi 3051). Very rare, good very fine £200-250
£200–£300
Byzantine Coinage, Justinian I (527-565), Half-Siliqua, Ravenna, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Chrismon surmounting globus; stars flanking, all within laurel wreath, 0.74g/6h (MIBE 78; Sear 320; Ranieri 358). Very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £220
Byzantine Coinage, Phocas (602-610), Solidus, Constantinople, c. 604-7, crowned, draped and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger, rev. angel standing facing, holding globus cruciger and long staff terminating in staurogram, officina Z, 4.39g/7h (MIB 7; Sear 618). Good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £230
Byzantine Coinage, Phocas (602-610), Solidus, Constantinople, c. 604-7, officina S, 4.34g/7h (MIB 7; Sear 618). Very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £240
Byzantine Coinage, Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas (632-641), Solidus, Constantinople, c. 636/7, οfficina E, 4.36g/6h (MIB 48; Sear 767). Very fine £200-250
Byzantine Coinage, Constans II (641-668), Solidus, Constantinople, c. 651-4, officina S, 4.49g/7h (MIB 23; Sear 956). Good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £250
Byzantine Coinage, Constantine IV, Heraclius and Tiberius (668-681), Solidus, Constantinople, c. 674-81, officina Δ, 4.38g/6h (MIB 7a; Sear 1154). Good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £260
Byzantine Coinage, Constantine IV, Heraclius and Tiberius (668-681), Solidus, Constantinople, c. 674-81, officina S, 4.35g/6h (MIB 7a; Sear 1154). Good very fine £200-250
Byzantine Coinage, Constantine IV, Heraclius and Tiberius (668-681), 40 Nummi, Constantinople, c. 669-73, helmeted facing bust, holding globus cruciger, rev. large M; cross above, Heraclius and Tiberius on either side; A; CON., 22.82g/6h (MIB 77; Sear 1173). Rare, very fine, brown tone £150-200
Byzantine Coinage, Irene (797-802), 40 Nummi, Constantinople, crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger and sceptre, rev. large M; cross above, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, A below, 6.83g/6h (DOC 2; Sear 1600). Rare, very fine, dark patina £150-200
Hammer Price: £720
Byzantine Coinage, Michael I (811-813), Michael I with Theophylactus (811-13), Miliaresion, Constantinople, cross potent on steps, rev. legend in five lines, 2.24g/12h (DOC 3; Sear 1616). Very fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £120
Byzantine Coinage, Basil I (867-886), Basil I with Constantine, Solidus, Constantinople, c. 871-86, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, rev. crowned facing busts of Basil and Constantine holding patriarchal cross between them, 4.39g/6h (DOC 2c; Sear 1704). Scratch on reverse, otherwise very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £270
Byzantine Coinage, Basil I (867-886), Æ 17, Cherson, c. 879-86, large B, rev. cross crosslet on two steps; pellets flanking, 4.00g/12h (Anokhin 360-75; DOC 20a; Sear 1719). Very fine, green patina £60-80
£60–£80
Byzantine Coinage, Leo VI (886-912), Follis, Constantinople, Leo enthroned facing, holding labarum, rev. legend in four lines, 6.05g/6h (DOC 5; Sear 1728). Good very fine, green patina, £80-100
Hammer Price: £50
Byzantine Coinage, Constantine VII and Romanus II (945-959), Miliaresion, Constantinople, c. 945-59, cross-crosslet on three steps within triple border, globe beneath, rev. legend in five lines within triple border, 2.32g/12h (DOC 21; Sear 1757). Extremely fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
Byzantine Coinage, Anonymous Folles (c. 969-1118), temp. Romanus III, Follis, Constantinople, c. 1028-34, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, rev. cross with pellets at end of upper bar and crossbar set on three steps, 12.37g/6h (DOC pp. 676-9, class B; Sear 1823). Good very fine, dark patina £80-100
£80–£100
Byzantine Coinage, Alexius I (1081-1118), Silver Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, c. 1082-7, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, rev. crowned facing bust of Alexius, holding sceptre surmounted by star and globus cruciger, 4.23g/6h (DOC 2b; Sear 1893). Edge cracks, good very fine £100-150
£100–£150
Byzantine Coinage, Alexius I (1081-1118), Silver Histamenon Nomisma, Thessalonica, c. 1082-92, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator, rev. standing figures of St. Demetrius, holding sword and handing patriarchal cross set on globe and two steps to Alexius, 3.29g/6h (DOC 5a; SB 1905). Very rare, very fine, toned £200-250
£200–£250
Byzantine Coinage, Alexius I (1081-1118), Irene Doukaina (Empress, 1081-1118), lead seal, IC XC, bust of Christ nimbate, facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, rev. +EIRHNH AV[—], facing bust of Irene, wearing crown with projections and double pendants, draped in ornate cloak and loros, holding sceptre with trefoil tip and globus cruciger (cf. Zacos & Veglery 105). Portrait of Christ obscure, reverse finely detailed portrait of the consort of Alexius I, good very fine ...
Byzantine Coinage, John II Comnenus (1118-1143), Billon Aspron Trachy, Thessalonica, the Virgin enthroned facing, holding the nimbate head of the infant Christ, rev. John standing facing, holding labarum and akakia, 4.63g/6h (DOC 11; Sear 1952). Very fine £80-100
Byzantine Coinage, Manuel I (1143-1180), Tetarteron, Constantinople, Virgin nimbate standing right with hands raised to manus Dei, rev. Manuel standing facing, holding cruciform sceptre and akakia, 3.32g/6h (DOC 15; Sear 1968). Good very fine, earthy green patina £40-50
£40–£50
Byzantine Coinage, Manuel I (1143-1180), Tetarteron, Constantinople, facing bust of nimbate Virgin orans, rev. bust of Manuel standing facing, holding laburum and globus cruciger, 3.32g/6h (DOC 15; Sear 1968). Earthy green, very fine £40-50
Byzantine Coinage, The Latin Rulers Constantinople (1204-1261), Billon Trachy, Constantinople, bust of Christ facing, rev. full-length figure of archangel Michael facing, 3.65g/6h (DOC 16.4; Sear 2036). Good very fine £40-50
Byzantine Coinage, Empire of Nicæa, John III Ducas Vatatzes (1221-54), Hyperpyron Nomisma, Magnesia, c. 1232-54, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; pellet to right, rev. John, holding labarum and akakia, standing facing, being crowned and blessed by the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), 4.33g/6h (DOC 6b; Sear 2073). Good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £150
Byzantine Coinage, Empire of Nicæa, John III Ducas Vatatzes (1221-54), Hyperpyron Nomisma, Magnesia, c. 1232-54, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; pellet to right, rev. John, holding labarum and akakia, standing facing, being crowned and blessed by the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), 4.42g/6h (DOC 6b; Sear 2073). Good very fine £200-250
Byzantine Coinage, Empire of Nicæa, John III Ducas Vatatzes (1221-54), Hyperpyron Nomisma, Magnesia, c. 1232-54, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; pellet to right, rev. John, holding labarum and akakia, standing facing, being crowned and blessed by the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), 4.36g/6h (DOC 6b; Sear 2073). Good very fine £200-250
Byzantine Coinage, Empire of Nicæa, John III Ducas Vatatzes (1221-54), Hyperpyron Nomisma, Magnesia, c. 1232-54, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; pellet to right, rev. John, holding labarum and akakia, standing facing, being crowned and blessed by the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), 4.42g/6h (DOC 8c-d; Sear 2073). Good very fine £200-250
Byzantine Coinage, Empire of Nicæa, John III Ducas Vatatzes (1221-54), Hyperpyron Nomisma, Magnesia, c. 1232-54, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; pellet to right, rev. John, holding labarum and akakia, standing facing, being crowned and blessed by the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), 4.25g/6h (DOC 8c-d; Sear 2073). Good very fine £200-250
Byzantine Coinage, Empire of Nicæa, John III Ducas Vatatzes (1221-54), Hyperpyron Nomisma, Magnesia, c. 1232-54, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; pellet to right, rev. John, holding labarum and akakia, standing facing, being crowned and blessed by the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), 4.40g/6h (DOC 8c-d; Sear 2073). Good very fine £200-250
Byzantine Coinage, Empire of Nicæa, John III Ducas Vatatzes (1221-1254), Hyperpyron Nomisma, Magnesia, c. 1232-54, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; Λ to right; rev. John, holding labarum and akakia, standing facing, being crowned and blessed by the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), 4.34g/6h (DOC 14a; Sear 2073). Good very fine £200-250
Byzantine Coinage, Empire of Nicæa, John III Ducas Vatatzes (1221-54), Billon Aspron Trachy, Magnesia, full-length figure of St George facing, rev. Emperor standing left, crowned by Christ, 3.40g/6h (DOC 35; Sear 2091). Very fine £40-50
Byzantine Coinage, Empire of Nicæa, John III Ducas Vatatzes (1221-54), Tetarteron Noummion, Magnesia, head of cherub with four wings, rev. Emperor standing facing, holding labarum and globus, 1.83g/6h (DOC 57; Sear 2115). Very fine £40-50
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