Constans II, with Constantine IV. 641-668. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 9th officina. Struck 654-659. Crowned and draped facing busts of Constans and Constantine; cross above / Cross potent set on three steps; Θ//CONOB. DOC 25i; MIB 26; SB 959. Near EF, some roughness on the reverse, a few light marks.
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Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius. 641-668. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.46 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck circa 659-661. Crowned and draped facing busts of Constans, with tall plume, and Constantine; cross above / Cross on globe between standing figures of Heraclius and Tiberius, each holding globus cruciger; Є//CONOB. DOC 28c; MIB 29; SB 962. EF, minor weak strike at peripheries, traces of underlying luster.
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Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius. 641-668. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 4th officina. Struck circa 661-663. Crowned and draped busts facing of Constans, wearing plumed helmet, and Constantine; cross above / Cross potent set upon three steps; Heraclius and Tiberius, each holding globus cruciger, standing facing to either side; Δ//CONOB. DOC 30d; MIB 31; SB 964. Choice EF.
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Constantine IV Pogonatus. 668-685. AV Semissis (19mm, 2.11 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, minor roughness.
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Constantine V Copronymus, with Leo III. 741-775. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 745-750. Crowned facing bust of Leo, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent and akakia / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent and akakia. DOC 1e.2; Füeg 3.A.2; SB 1550. Good VF, metallic deposits on obverse, scratches on reverse.From the MM Collection. Ex Lanz 163 (7 December 2016), lot 511.
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Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 871-886. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; star at end of legend / Crowned facing busts of Basil, wearing loros, and Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 2c; Füeg 3.D.1; SB 1704. Near EF.
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Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus II. 913-959. AV Solidus (20mm, 3840 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 945-959. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Crowned facing busts of Constantine VII, wearing loros, and Romanus II, draped, supporting patriarchal cross between them. DOC 15; Füeg 15.C.1; SB 1751. VF, toned, minor deposits in devices.
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John II Comnenus. 1118-1143. EL Aspron Trachy Nomisma (30mm, 4.28 g, 6h). Third coinage. Constantinople mint. Struck 1118-circa 1122. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / John and St. Georgius standing facing, holding patriarchal cross on small globe between them. DOC 8a; SB 1941. Near VF, toned, light graffiti in obverse margin.
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John II Comnenus. 1118-1143. EL Aspron Trachy Nomisma (32mm, 4.17 g, 6h). Third coinage. Constantinople mint. Struck 1122-circa 1143. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / John and St. Georgius standing facing, holding patriarchal cross on three steps between them. DOC 8d; SB 1942; CLBC 3.2.2. VF, minor hairline split and light graffiti on obverse.
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Isaac II Angelus. First reign, 1185-1195. EL Aspron Trachy (29mm, 3.18 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Theotokos (Virgin Mary) enthroned facing, holding head of the Holy Infant on lap / Isaac, holding cross-tipped scepter and akakia, being crowned by St. Michael the Archangel, holding jeweled scepter. DOC 2b; SB 2002. VF, toned, hairline flan crack at 12 o'clock on obverse.
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Isaac II Angelus. First reign, 1185-1195. EL Aspron Trachy (29mm, 3.66 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Theotokos (Virgin Mary) enthroned facing, holding head of the Holy Infant on lap / Isaac, holding cross-tipped scepter and akakia, being crowned by St. Michael the Archangel, holding jeweled scepter. DOC 2b; SB 2002. VF, toned, hairline flan crack at 5 o'clock on obverse.
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Isaac II Angelus. First reign, 1185-1195. EL Aspron Trachy (28mm, 3.01 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Theotokos (Virgin Mary) enthroned facing, holding head of the Holy Infant on lap / Isaac, holding cross-tipped scepter and akakia, being crowned by St. Michael the Archangel, holding jeweled scepter. DOC 2b; SB 2002. VF, toned, minor area of flat strike on head of Theotokos.
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Isaac II Angelus. First reign, 1185-1195. EL Aspron Trachy (28mm, 3.71 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Theotokos (Virgin Mary) enthroned facing, holding head of the Holy Infant on lap / Isaac, holding cross-tipped scepter and akakia, being crowned by St. Michael the Archangel, holding jeweled scepter. DOC 2b; SB 2002. VF, toned, area of flat strike on head of Theotokos, light graffiti in obverse margin.
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Isaac II Angelus. First reign, 1185-1195. EL Aspron Trachy (28mm, 3.06 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Theotokos (Virgin Mary) enthroned facing, holding head of the Holy Infant on lap / Isaac, holding cross-tipped scepter and akakia, being crowned by St. Michael the Archangel, holding jeweled scepter. DOC 2b; SB 2002. VF, toned, flat strike on head of Theotokos.
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. Hyperpyron Nomisma (25mm, 4.00 g, 6h). Class IIb. Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1303-1320 or later. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; sigla: K | И / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to left and right, respectively. DOC –; PCPC 127 (cf. sigla 38); SB 2396. VF, areas of flat strike, area of double strike on reverse.
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John V Palaeologus, with Anna of Savoy (Regent). 1341-1391. AV Hyperpyron (23mm, 3.32 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1341-1347. Anna, holding trilobate scepter and placing hand on breast, and John, holding akakia and cruciform scepter, standing facing; Γ to left / Andronicus III kneeling right, being blessed by Christ standing left. DOC 943; PCPC 190, sigla 2 (Andronicus III); SB 2466 (Andronicus III). VF, toned, crude strike, minor hairline flan crack.
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CAROLINGIANS. Charles le Chauve (the Bald). As Charles II, King of West Francia, 840-877. AR Denier (21mm, 1.83 g, 4h). Class 2. Lugduni (Laon) mint. Struck 864-877 and later. + GRΛTIΛ D – I REX, Karolus monogram / + LVGDVNI CLΛVΛTI, cross potent. Depeyrot 482; M&G 794; MEC 1, 869. EF, lightly toned.From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.
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