Electronic Auction 395
Date: 2017-04-12 00:00:00
Lots: 693
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Maurice Tiberius. 582-602. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.28 g, 6h). Light weight issue of 23 siliquae. Constantinople mint, uncertain officina. Struck 583/4-602. Helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger; star to right / Angel standing facing, holding globus cruciger and long staff surmounted by staurogram; star to right; [...]//CONOB. DOC 7; MIBE 11; SB 481. Good VF, areas of weakness.
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Heraclius. 610-641. Æ 12 Nummi (23mm, 19.60 g, 6h). Alexandria mint. Struck 618-628(?). Draped facing bust (of Khosrau II?), wearing crown surmounted by cross within crescent; star to left, crescent to right / Large I B; cross potent on globe between; AΛEΞ. Bates, Copper issue UI; DOC 192; MIB 202a; SB 856. VF, brown surfaces.Although usually assigned to the Persian occupation of Egypt, Bates highlights a number of problems with such an attribution. He dismisses the interpretation of the crescent and star as specifically Persian, arguing that the symbols were ubiquitous in the ancient eastern Mediterranean.
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Constantine IV Pogonatus. 668-685. AV Semissis (18mm, 2.17 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 669-circa 674. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cross potent set on globe. DOC 16; MIB 15B; SB 1161. Good VF, a little wavy.
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Constantine IV Pogonatus. 668-685. AV Tremissis (17mm, 1.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 669-circa 674. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cross potent; CONOB. DOC 17; MIB 16C; SB 1162. VF, slightly wavy.
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Michael II the Amorian, with Theophilus. 820-829. Æ Follis (31mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 821-829. Crowned facing busts of Michael, wearing chlamys, and Theophilus, wearing loros; cross above / Large M; cross above, X/X/X to left, N/N/N to right, Ө below. DOC 9; SB 1642. VF, green patina, pit on obverse, rough in areas.
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Theophilus. 829-842. Æ Follis (23mm, 4.89 g, 6h). Uncertain provincial mint. Crowned half-length bust facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger / + ӨЄO/FILЄ AVG/OVSτЄ SV/ ҺICAS in four lines. DOC 17; SB 1685. VF, green patina, a few cleaning marks.This general type was struck in large numbers at Constantinople, but the somewhat clumsy engraving and exaggerated tufts of hair are more characteristic of a class that Grierson (DOC) thought to be minted at a provincial mint (see especially DOC 17.3 for similar obverse style).
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Leo VI the Wise. 886-912. Æ Follis (27mm, 8.58 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Crowned and draped bust facing, holding akakia / +LЄOҺ/ЄҺ ӨЄO ЬA/SILЄVS R/OmЄOҺ in four lines. DOC 8; SB 1729. Near EF, green surfaces, some cleaning marks and light smoothing.
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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I. 913-959. Æ Follis (26mm, 8.78 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 931-944. Crowned and draped facing bust of Romanus, holding labarum-scepter and globus cruciger / +RωmA/Һ' ЄҺ ӨЄω ЬA/SILЄVS Rω/mAIωҺ in four lines. DOC 25a; SB 1760. VF, green patina, pitted in areas. Overstruck.
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Anonymous Folles. temp. Romanus IV, circa 1068-1071. Æ Follis (24mm, 9.00 g, 6h). Class G. Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Facing bust of the the Virgin Mary, orans. DOC G.1-28; SB 1867. Near VF, green surfaces, cleaning marks.
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Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. AR Miliaresion (24mm, 1.88 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1081-1092. The Virgin Mary standing facing, orans / Alexius standing facing, holding long cross and sheathed sword. DOC 10; SB 1897. Near VF, toned, light porosity. Rare.
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John II Comnenus. 1118-1143. Æ Tetarteron (19mm, 4.35 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1122-1137(?). Christ standing facing / John standing, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger. DOC 12; SB 1945. VF, green patina.
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Andronicus I Comnenus. 1183-1185. BI Aspron Trachy (29mm, 5.09 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Virgin Mary standing facing, holding bust of the Holy Infant / Andronicus standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger, being blessed by Christ. DOC 3b; SB 1985. VF, brown surfaces, reverse double struck. Well-struck obverse.
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Andronicus II Palaeologus. 1282-1328. BI Tornese (15.5mm, 0.54 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 1282-1295. Andronicus standing facing, holding cross-tipped scepter and akakia, being crowned by [manus Dei to upper right] / Cross pattée. Cf. DOC 551-7; cf. PCPC 94A; SB 2327. VF, enrustation.
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Andronicus III Palaeologus. 1328-1341. BI Tornese (17mm, 0.59 g). "Politikon" coinage. Constantinople mint. Four B's and four stars in angles of cross / Three-quarter length facing figures of Andronicus III and St. Demetrius. Cf. DOC 885 (for rev. type); cf. SB 2582-3/2570 (for obv./rev. types); CNG 82, lot 1158. VF, deposits. Very rare.
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John III. Emperor of Trebizond, 1342-1344. Æ (15mm, 1.07 g, 6h). St. Eugenius standing facing, holding [long cross] / Basil standing facing, holding scepter and [globus]. Bendal 61; cf. Retowski 1; SB 2624. VF, brown surfaces, some roughness. Rare.
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MIGRATION PERIOD, Taman Peninsula. Goths. Circa 3rd-4th centuries AD. BI 'Denarius (19mm, 2.22 g, 11h). Stage 2. Schematized head right / Mars advancing right, holding spear; O T across field. Cf. Sergeev 380 (for type). VF for type, small deposit on obverse.
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CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Baldwin III. 1143-1163. BI Denier (18mm, 0.96 g, 2h). 'Rough' coinage, type A, lettering series 2. BΛL∂VINVS RЄX , short cross pattée / ∂Є IЄRVSΛLЄN, Tower of David. Cf. Metcalf, Crusades 149; CCS 10. Good VF, toned.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Carl Subak, October 1972.
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CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Baldwin III. 1143-1163. BI Denier (18mm, 1.11 g, 4h). 'Smooth' coinage, Group 4. Jerusalem mint. BΛL∂VINVS RЄX, cross pattée / ∂Є IЄRVSΛLЄN, Tower of David. Metcalf, Crusades 159-64; CCS 16. VF, toned. Good metal.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Baldwin III. 1143-1163. BI Denier (18mm, 0.96 g, 5h). 'Smooth' coinage, Group 4. Jerusalem mint. BΛL∂VINVS RЄX, cross pattée / ∂Є IЄRVSΛLЄN, Tower of David. Metcalf, Crusades 159-64; CCS 16. VF, toned.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Carl Subak, October 1972.
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CRUSADERS, Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus. Henry II. King of Cyprus & Jerusalem, 1285-1324. AR Gros grand (26mm, 4.57 g, 3h). Series 2. Famagusta(?) mint. Henry seated facing on throne decorated with lions, holding lis-tipped scepter and orb / Jersualem cross. M&P pl. 16, 1-9; Metcalf, Crusades 706; CCS 52. Good VF, golden toning, a few minor marks.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Carl Subak, October 1972.
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ISLAMIC, Umayyad Caliphate. temp. Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan. AH 41-60 / AD 661-680. AR Drachm (30mm, 3.72 g, 3h). Arab-Sasanian type. Issue of Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan. BYŠ (Bīshāpūr) mint. Dated AH 50 in Pahlavi (AD 670/1). Crowned Sasanian-style bust right; bismillah and rabbi in Arabic in outer margin / Fire altar with ribbons and attendants; star and crescent flanking flames. SICA 1 135-9 (for date, but Khosrau type); Walker, Arab-Sasanian, p. 37, Z. 3; Album 8; ICV 7. VF, toned, peripheral horn silver, a few minor scratches.