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Anastasius I (491-518), Anastasius I (491-518), Solidus, Constantinople, helmeted and cuirassed bust three-quarters right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy, rev. angel standing left, holding long cross surmounted by Christogram, 4.35g/6h (DOC 7; MIB 7; Sear 5). Obverse scratched, otherwise good very fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £200
Justinian I (527-565), Justinian I (527-565), Solidus, Constantinople, diademed, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield, rev. angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by Christogram and globus cruciger, star in right field, 4.39g/6h (DOC 9; MIB I 7; Sear 140). Partly weak, very fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £140
Justin II (565-578), Justin II (565-578), Solidus, Constantinople, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding Victory on globe and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy, rev. Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated facing, head right, holding sceptre in left hand and globe in right, 4.51g/6h (DOC 4; MIB 4; Sear 345). Extremely fine (£100-120)
Tiberius II Constantine (578-582), Justin II, Solidus, Constantinople, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding Victory on globus and shield, rev. Constantinopolis enthroned facing, holding sceptre and globus cruciger, 4.49g/6h (DOC 5; MIB 1; Sear 346). Extremely fine (£100-120)
Tiberius II Constantine (578-582), Tiberius II Constantine (578-582), Solidus, Constantinople, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield with horseman, rev. cross potent on four steps, 4.42g/6h (DOC 4; MIB II 4; Sear 422). Weak down one side of obverse, otherwise extremely fine (£100-120)
Maurice Tiberius (582-602), Maurice Tiberius (582-602), Solidus, Antioch, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger, rev. angel holding long P-headed cross and globus cruciger, 4.25g/6h (DOC –; MIB 6; Sear 525). Large flan, good very fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £160
Phocas (602-610), Phocas (602-610), Solidus, Constantinople, draped and cuirassed facing bust, wearing crown without pendilia, holding globus cruciger, rev. angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by Christogram and globus cruciger, 4.37g/6h (DOC 5; MIB 7; Sear 618). A little surface deposit in upper reverse field, otherwise extremely fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £150
Phocas (602-610), Phocas, Solidus, Constantinople, similar, 4.33g/7h (DOC 10; MIB 9; Sear 620). Slightly clipped, good very fine (£80-100)
Heraclius (610-613), Heraclius (610-641), Solidus, Constantinople, crowned facing busts of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine, cross between their heads, rev. cross potent on three steps, 4.49g/7h (DOC 13; MIB 11; Sear 738). Good very fine (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £130
Heraclius (610-613), Heraclius, Solidus, Constantinople, Heraclius and his two sons standing facing, rev. cross potent on three steps, monogram in left field, k in right field, 4.44g/6h (DOC 45; MIB 52; Sear 771). Very fine (£90-120)
Byzantine Empire, Heraclius, Semissis, Constantinople, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev. cross potent on globe, s at end of legend, 2.12g/12h (DOC 52; MIB 72; Sear 785). Scratched in fields, good fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £65
Byzantine Empire, Constans II (641-668), Solidus, Constantinople, large crowned facing beardless bust, holding globus cruciger, rev. cross potent on steps, 4.38g/6h (DOC 2; MIB 6; Sear 939). Scratched on reverse, otherwise extremely fine (£120-150)
Byzantine Empire, Tiberius III Apsimar (698-705), Solidus, Constantinople, facing bust with short beard, wearing crown and cuirass and holding spear and shield, rev. cross potent on three steps, officina z, 4.39g/6h (DOC 1; MIB 1; Sear 1360). Double-struck, otherwise very fine (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £210
Byzantine Empire, Constantine VI and Irene (780-797), Miliaresion, Constantinople, cross potent on steps, rev. legend in five lines, 1.63g/1h (DOC 4; MIB 6; Sear 1595). Overstruck on an Umayyad Dirhem, very fine (£40-50)
Byzantine Empire, Basil I, the Macedonian, with Constantine (868-879), Solidus, Constantinople, Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, rev. crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them, 3.87g/6h (DOC 2; Sear 1704). Very fine, clipped (£80-100)
Byzantine Empire, Constantine VII, Porphyrogenitus, Romanus I and Christopher (913-959), Solidus, Constantinople, Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, legend ends with rosette, rev. crowned facing busts of Romanus I, wearing loros, and Christopher, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them, 4.25g/6h (DOC 7; Sear 1745). Very fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £190
Byzantine Empire, Constantine VII, Porphyrogenitus and Romanus II (913-959), Solidus, Constantinople, facing bust of Christ, nimbate, raising hand in benediction, holding Gospels, rev. crowned facing busts of Constantine, wearing loros, and Romanus, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them, 4.33g/6h (DOC 15; Sear 1751). Fine, red tone (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £80
Byzantine Empire, John I Tzimisces (969-976), Miliaresion, Constantinople, cross-crosslet on globus above two steps, bust of John, wearing crown and loros, in central medallion, rev. legend in five lines, 2.58g/12h (DOC 7; Sear 1792). Good very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £95
Byzantine Empire, Basil II and Constantine VIII (976-1025), Histamenon, Constantinople, nimbate facing bust of Christ, arms of cross with bars, upper arm with additional pellet, rev. facing busts of Basil and Constantine, holding long patriarchal cross between them, 4.32g/6h (DOC 2; Sear 1796). Very fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £170
Byzantine Empire, Basil II (976-1025), Histamenon, Constantinople, nimbate facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels, rosettes in arms of nimbus, rev. half-length crowned busts of Basil II and Constantine VIII, holding patriarchal cross-crosslet between them, hand of God above Basil, 4.37g/6h (DOC 4; Sear 1798). Flan a trifle crimped, otherwise good very fine (£150-200)
Hammer Price: £260
Byzantine Empire, Constantine VIII (1025-8), Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, facing bust of Christ, holding Gospels, rev. crowned half-length bust of Constantine facing, holding labarum and akakia, 4.34g/6h (DOC 1; Sear 1815). Very fine (£120-150)
Byzantine Empire, Romanus III (1028-34), Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, rev. Virgin Mary, nimbate, crowning Romanus, who is standing facing, holding globus cruciger, six pellets on loros, 4.41g/6h (DOC 1; Sear 1819). Very fine (£100-120)
Byzantine Empire, Romanus III, Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, similar, 4.41g/6h (DOC 1; Sear 1819). Very fine (£100-120)
Byzantine Empire, Constantine IX (1042-55), Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, Christ seated on lyre-backed throne, rev. crowned bust of Constantine holding patriarchal cross on globe and sceptre with cross and crescent, 4.45g/6h (DOC 1; Sear 1828). Extremely fine (£150-180)
Hammer Price: £280
Byzantine Empire, Constantine IX, Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, facing bust of Christ, rev. crowned facing bust of Constantine, holding sceptre and globus cruciger, 4.39g/5h (DOC 3; Sear 1830). Good very fine (£120-150)
Byzantine Empire, Constantine X (1059-67), Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, Christ enthroned facing on square-backed throne, rev. Constantine standing, holding labarum and globus cruciger, 4.35g/6h (DOC 1; Sear 1847). Very fine (£100-120)
Byzantine Empire, Constantine X, Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, rev. Virgin Mary, nimbate, crowning Constantine, who is standing facing, holding globus cruciger, 4.42g/6h (DOC 2; Sear 1848). Practically as struck (£150-180)
Byzantine Empire, Romanus IV Diogenes (1068-71), Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, Michael VII, Constantius and Andronicus standing facing on footstools, rev. Christ standing facing on footstool, crowning Romanus and Eudocia, 4.35g/6h (DOC 1; Sear 1859). Good very fine (£100-120)
Byzantine Empire, Michael VII (1071-8), electrum Histamenon Nomisma, Constantinople, facing bust of Christ, rev. crowned bust of Michael facing, holding labarum (pellet on shaft, four pellets, central square) and globus cruciger, 4.39g/6h (DOC 2; Sear 1868). Very fine (£80-100)
Byzantine Empire, Alexius I (1081-1118), Post-Reform coinage, Hyperpyron, Constantinople, Christ enthroned facing, holding Gospels, rev. Alexius standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger, 4.30g/6h (DOC 20; Sear 1912). Very fine (£100-120)
Byzantine Empire, John II (1118-43), Hyperpyron, Constantinople, Christ enthroned facing, rev. John standing facing, holding labarum and akakia, being crowned by the Virgin Mary, 4.34g/6h (DOC 2; Sear 1939). Very fine (£100-120)
Byzantine Empire, John II, electrum Aspron Trachy, Constantinople, Christ enthroned facing, rev. John and St. George standing facing, holding patriarchal cross on three steps between them, 4.27g/4h (DOC 8; Sear 1942). Good very fine, toned (£100-120)
Byzantine Empire, Manuel I (1143-80), Hyperpyron, Constantinople, nimbate facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, rev. Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and patriarchal globus, manus Dei above, nine jewels on collar, 4.40g/12h (DOC 1d; Sear 1956). Good very fine (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £180
Byzantine Empire, Manuel I, electrum Aspron Trachy, Constantinople, Christ standing on footstool, two stars in field, rev. Manuel and St. Theodore holding patriarchal cross on globus between them, 3.87g/6h (DOC 4d; Sear 1959). Good very fine (£100-120)
Byzantine Empire, Manuel I, electrum Aspron Trachy, Constantinople, Christ enthroned, rev. Mary crowning Manuel, 4.00g/6h (DOC 6; Sear 1961). Good very fine (£100-120)
Byzantine Empire, Andronicus I, Comnenus (1183-5), Hyperpyron, Constantinople, the Virgin, nimbate, enthroned facing, holding nimbate head of the infant Christ, rev. Andronicus standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger, being crowned by Christ, diamond pattern on front panel of the Emperor’s chlamys, 3.97g/6h (DOC 1; Sear 1983). Very fine (£120-150)
Byzantine Empire, Isaac II, Angelus (1185-95), electrum Aspron Trachy, Constantinople, the Virgin, nimbate, enthroned facing, holding nimbate head of the infant Christ, rev. standing facing figures of Isaac, wearing crown and loros, holding cruciform sceptre and akakia, and Archangel Michael, crowning him, holding palm, 4.21g/6h (DOC 2b; Sear 2002). Good very fine (£100-120)
Hammer Price: £110
Empire of Nicaea, John III (1222-54), Hyperpyron, Magnesia, Christ enthroned facing, pellets above arms of throne, rev. John standing facing, holding labarum and akakia, being crowned by the Virgin, cross of dots on Virgin's cloak, 4.22g/6h (DOC 6b; Sear 2073). Very fine (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £100
Empire of Nicaea, John III, Hyperpyron, Magnesia, Christ enthroned facing, pellets above arms of throne, rev. John standing facing, holding labarum and akakia, being crowned by the Virgin, 4.28g/6h (DOC 7 var; Sear 2073). Very fine (£80-100)
Empire of Nicaea, Theodore II Ducas-Vatatzes (1254-8), Hyperpyron, Magnesia, nimbate Christ enthroned, in benediction, holds Gospels, wears pallium and colobium, rev. Theodore, standing at left, crowned by the Virgin standing at right, 3.95g/6h (DOC 1-4 var; Sear 2136). Obverse with possible solder mark at 11 o’clock, fine, reverse better (£60-80)
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