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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 70

Byzantine Empire, a Selection of Bronze (5): Justinian I, 'the Great' (527-565) (2): i) Follis, Theoupolis (Antioch), 533-537, D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed busts right, rev. large M, stars across fields, cross above, G below, +THEUPH+ in exergue, 14.95g (SB 216; DOC 210c; MIB 126), light patina, very fine to good very fine; ii) 10 Nummi, Rome or Ravenna, c. 547-549, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield, rev. large I, star to left and right fields, all within wreath, 5.54g (MIBE 228; DOC 331; SB 308), porous, fine; iii) Basil I (879-886), Follis, Constantinople, BASILIO BASILEUS, Emperor enthroned facing, on lyre-backed throne, wearing loros, holding labarum and akakia, rev. +bASIL/IOS Eh THEO/bASILEVS/ROmEOn, in four lines, 6.55g (DOC 12; SB 1709), very fine; iv) Michael II, 'the Amorian', with Theophilus (820-829), Follis, Syracuse, 821-829, MIKA-HL [...] crowned busts of Michael, on the left, wearing chlamys, and Theophilus, on the right, wearing loros, facing, pellet between their heads, rev. large M, cross above, T below, 3.79g (DOC 21; SB 1652; Anastasi 513; Spahr 399), light patina, fine; v) Theophilus (829-842), Follis, Constantinople, THEOFIL BASIL, three-quarter length figure of Theophilus standing facing, wearing crown surmounted by tufa, holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left, rev. +THEO/FILE AVGOUS TE SV/NICAS, in for lines, 8.36g (DOC 15; SB 1667), detailed, very fine; 95).

Provenance

The Lasomé Collection of Roman and Byzantine Coins


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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£280