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Lot 846
Vetranio BI Centenionalis. Siscia, AD 350. DN VETRA NIO PF AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; A to left / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Vetranio, in military attire, standing left, holding a labarum, ornamented with a Christogram, in each hand; A in left field, •?SIS* in exergue. RIC 281; LRBC 1168; Hunter –. 5.58g, 23mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Near complete original silvering.
Lot 848
Valentinian I AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 364-367. D N VALENTINIANVS PF AVG, peal-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Valentinian and Valens standing facing in military dress, heads turned towards each other, each holding spear in outer hand and together supporting globe on which stands Victory, who reaches out with wreathes held in both hands to crown them; CONSP in exergue. RIC 5a1; C. 60. 4.48g, 21mm, 5h. Minor scrape on rev., otherwise Good Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare.
Lot 849
Valens AV Solidus. Antioch, AD 365. DN VALENS PER F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTIVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Valens standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe; ANTI* in exergue. RIC IX 2d; Depeyrot 22/2. 4.59g, 22mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine. Struck on a broad flan with full borders, lending a medallic appearance to this coin.
Lot 853
Gratian AV Solidus. Trier, AD 373-375. DN GRATIANVS PF AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, two emperors seated facing, each holding with right hand a globe between them; above, Victory facing with wings spread; palm frond upright on exergual line between them; TROBC in exergue. RIC 39c; C. 38; Depeyrot 43/4. 4.46g, 20mm, 11h. Near Mint State.
Lot 856
Honorius AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 397-402. DN HONORIVS PF AVG, helmeted bust facing, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing fallen enemy / CONCORDIA AVGG I, helmeted Constantinopolis seated facing, head to right, placing right foot on prow and holding sceptre and Victory on globe; COMOB in exergue. RIC 8, officina I=10; Depeyrot 55/2, p. 246 (23 specimens from officina 10); Hahn 13g; Cohen 3. 4.46g, 19mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine, some minor surface marks. Rare.
Lot 858
Honorius Æ Exagium Solidi Weight. DN HONORIVS AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; all within square beaded border / EXAGIVM SOLIDI, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae; all within square beaded border. Bendall, Byzantine Weights, p. 17, 5; Sabatier 3. NGSA 5, 3 December 2008, 322 (same obverse die). 4.24g, 21mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. No mint marks indicate where the exagium solidi were manufactured – the only differentiation that can be discerned is that the exagia from the West are square, and those from the East are round.
Lot 860
Theodosius II AV Tremissis. Constantinople, AD 416. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing to front, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. MIRB 45; LRC 319; Depeyrot 70/1; RIC 213. 1.51g, 14mm, 6h. Good Extremely Fine.
Lot 861
Theodosius II AV Semissis. Constantinople, AD 439. DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory seated right on cuirass, holding a shield on which is inscribed XXX XXXX in two lines; star in left field, christogram in right field, CONOB in exergue. RIC 270; Depeyrot 80. 2.24g, 18mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Lot 867
Libius Severus AV Tremissis. Mediolanum, AD 462. D N LIBIVS SEVERVS PERPE AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Cross within wreath; COMOB below. C. 21; RIC 2728; LRC –; Depeyrot 28/1. 1.47g, 14mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 72, 16 May 2013, lot 802; Ex Numismatik Lanz 141, 26 May 2008, lot 860.
Lot 868
Anthemius AV Tremissis. Uncertain mint, AD 468. DN ANTHEMIVS PF AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Cross within wreath; COMOB in exergue. RIC 2841; Depeyrot 71/5. 1.44g, 13mm, 5h. Fleur De Coin. Very Rare, and exceptional for the issue. Anthemius has been described as the last capable Western Roman emperor; in his five year reign he attempted to restore the failing empire by challenging the resurgent Visigothic domain in Gaul and Spain, and by launching a campaign to reclaim North Africa from the Vandals. A competent general, Anthemius was appointed by the Eastern emperor Leo to the vacant throne of the West with the consent of Ricimer, the powerful magister militum who had already done away with the three previous emperors. Anthemius was despatched with a large and well-equipped army led by the competent and respected Marcellinus, the military ruler of the region of Dalmatia. Leo thus obtained for himself an able and independent colleague in the West who could potentially reverse the disturbing trend of barbarian warlords ruling through weak puppet emperors. Despite being promoted by Anthemius to act as a counterbalance to Ricimer, Marcellinus was prevented from participating in the campaign of 468 against the Vandals in Africa. This campaign was to be one of the greatest military undertakings of all time, a combined amphibious operation of over a thousand ships and one hundred thousand soldiers. With the removal of this experienced commander, and the ineffective leadership of Basiliscus which resulted in a catastrophic loss at Cape Bon, in which some seventy percent of the Roman force was lost, the West lost its last best chance to regain Africa from the Vandals, and perhaps prevent its demise. Marcellinus himself was murdered in Sicily soon after, probably at Ricimer's instigation. Two years later a similarly fated attempt was made to reclaim Gaul from the Visigoths which resulted in the loss of Anthemius' son and three other Roman generals. Despite having married his daughter to Ricimer in 467, the relationship between the magister militum and the emperor had always been one doomed to enmity, and by 472 this had deteriorated into open war. Anthemius, blockaded in Rome for five months, eventually saw his last remaining loyal army defeated while attempting to break through and relieve his position. He fled to St. Peter's basilica where he was captured and beheaded. Geiseric, the king of the Vandals, once expressed his surprise and satisfaction that the Romans would themselves remove from the world all of his most formidable antagonists.
Lot 871
Suevic kingdom of Gallaecia AV Tremissis. Time of Hermeric, Rechila and Rechiar. Bracara Augusta, AD 425-455. In the name of Valentinian III. DN V?LTININ?T, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right with prominent jewelled fibula and jewelled paludamentum over left shoulder; all within beaded border / Cross pattée within double wreathed circles, flanked by two lateral beaded and curved rectangles; in left rectangle, ligate BR; wreath ties above and CONOB in exergue; the whole composition within beaded border. For the contemporary analogous tremisses see J.M. Peixoto Cabral and D.M. Metcalf, A moeda sueva - Suevic Coinage, Porto 1997, p. 285, 3-6 (retrograde BR) and p. 289, 1-2 (inverted BR); W. Reinhart, ‘Die Münzen des Schwebenreiches’, in Mittailungen der bayerischen Numismatiischen Gesellschaft 55, 1937, pp. 151-190, pl. 35, 54 pl. 36, 67 (inverted BR), pl. 36 70-3 (BR retrograde); A. Gomez, Moedas portuguesas, Lisboa 2003, p.45, 02.5 (ligate BR retrograde, valued at € 7,500); for B-R as a mint mark cf. RIC X, 3786 (siliqua in the name of Rechiar, ‘ivssv rechiari reges’) and Dix Noonan Webb sale 27 September 2007, 2861 (Solidus in the name of Honorius); for generic group of tremisses without BR cf. MEC I, 286-92. 1.28g, 16mm, 1h. Extremely Fine. Unique variant. The generic term Suevi is applied to a group of West Germanic peoples of whom the most important were the Alamanni, which settled in south-western Germany in what is now called Schwaben (Swabia). In 406 much of the tribe joined the Vandals, Quadi and Alans in breaching the Roman frontier at Mainz and launching an invasion of Gaul. In their company the Suevi crossed the Pyrenees in 409 and settled in the western half of the Roman province of Gallæcia (modern-day Galicia in Spain and northern Portugal) where, swearing loyalty to the Emperor Honorius, they obtained the status of foederati in about 410/11. By the 430s their king Hermeric had established a virtually independent state around the Roman capital of Gallæcia, Bracara Augusta (modern Braga). The indigenous Hispano-Roman population did not take kindly to the new settlers and it was not until the mid-5th century that the situation became more peaceful. Hermeric abdicated in favour of his son Rechila in 438, and on the death of Rechila in 448 his bellicose and ambitious son Rechiar, newly converted to Catholicism, inherited the crown. Rechiar died in 455 after being defeated by the Visigothic king Theodoric II. Subsequently the Suevian kingdom in Gallæcia was divided in two, with the boundary line at the River Minho, with different kings ruling each side of the river. The last king of the Suevi, Andeca, was defeated by the forces of the Visigothic king Leovigild in 585.
Lot 876
Justinian I Æ 40 Nummi. Cyzicus, year 12 = AD 538/539. D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVI, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large M between ANNO and XII; officina A, KYZ in exergue. MIBE 120; Sear 207. 23.54g, 42mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Superbly well preserved for the issue.
Lot 878
Phocas AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 602-610. dN FOCAS PERP AVG, draped and cuirassed facing bust, wearing crown without pendilia, holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA [AVGV], angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by chi-rho and globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. MIBE 9; DOC 10; Sear 620. 4.38g, 21mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine.
Lot 879
Phocas AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 602-610. dN FOCAS PERP AVG, draped and cuirassed facing bust, wearing crown without pendilia, holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGV S, angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by chi-rho and globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. MIBE 9; DOC 10; Sear 620. 4.41g, 22mm, 12h. Extremely Fine.
Lot 880
Phocas AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 602-610. dN FOCAS PERP AVG, draped and cuirassed facing bust, wearing crown without pendilia, holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGV Z, angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by chi-rho and globus cruciger; CONOB in exergue. MIBE 9; DOC 10; Sear 620. 4.37g, 21mm, 12h. Good Extremely Fine.
Lot 886
Constans II AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 650-1. dN CONS?AN?INVS PP AVG, bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGV and officina letter ?, cross potent on three steps, CONOB in exergue. Sear 953; MIB 20. 4.46g, 19mm, 6h. Mint State. Scratch to reverse right field.
Lot 888
Constans II AV Solidus. Constantinople, circa AD 651-652. dN CONS?AN?INVS PP AVG, bust facing, with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGV A, cross potent on three steps, CONOBI in exergue. MIB 22var; DOC -: Sear 955. 4.40g, 21mm, 6h. As struck; graffiti on reverse.
Lot 889
Constans II AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 651-4. dN CONS?AN?INVS PP AVG, bust facing, with long beard and moustache, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGV and officina letter (retrograde Z), cross potent on three steps, CONOB in exergue. Sear 956; MIB 23. 4.49g, 20mm, 6h. Mint State. From the Mark Gibbons Collection; Ex Roma Numismatics IV, 30 September 2012, lot 817.
Lot 905
Constans II AR Hexagram. Constantinople, AD 666-668. VICTORIA AVGV, facing bust, with long beard and moustache, wearing crown with frontal plume and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger / Constantine IV (in centre), Heraclius (on right) and Tiberius (on left) all standing facing, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger; S in right field. DOC -; MIB -; Sear -; Cf. Nomos 9, 21 October 2014, lot 320, Rauch 96, 10 December 2014, lot 647 and Gorny & Mosch 228, 9 March 2015, lot 756. 6.66g, 24mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine. The fourth known example of this interesting type. This hexagram was struck late in what was a tumultuous and turbulent reign. It bears a similar design to the emperor’s late solidi, with the bearded Constans on the obverse and his three sons on the reverse (cf. DOC 42-43 and MIB 41-42). That so few are extant today suggests that it was minted in very small numbers, perhaps in part due to the emperor's sudden death. A precocious and dynamic ruler, Constans ascended to the purple at the age of 11 after the murder of his father in 641. Throughout his reign there was constant political and religious disorder. Invasions threatened the empire, Armenia and Asia Minor were invaded by the Muslims and Egypt was abandoned, although Sicily and Constantinople were preserved. The young emperor had immediately to establish his power and strength against his enemies, and he did so by making sure his navy and army were unyielding. The Christological doctrine of Monotheletism, being the idea that Christ had two natures, but one will, had had the Church divided for quite some time before the accession of Constans: monks, priests and even the Pope were persistently fighting for or against its acceptance. Although the 17 year old emperor lacked much of an opinion or interest in the subject, he could clearly see the potential for it to have an adverse effect on the stability of the empire, and therefore issued the Type of Constans in 648. This imperial edict condemned the discussion of the concept in any form in an effort to defuse the problem. Constans actively maintained the law and persecuted those who spoke out against Monotheletism, bringing a semblance of peace to the subject and effectively passing the discussion on for his successors to settle. Having moved to live in Syracuse on Sicily, rumours that the capital of the Empire would be formally moved to the island were ill-received, and in September 668 Constans was murdered while bathing, according to Theophilus of Edessa, by his chamberlain using a bucket.
Lot 906
Constantine IV AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 674-681. Fragmentary legend, d N C?NVS P, bust facing, wearing helmet with frontal plume and cuirass, holding spear and shield with horseman motif / VICTOA AVGV ?, cross potent on three steps, between Heraclius and Tiberius, both beardless and wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger, CONOB in exergue. DOC 8; MIB 7a; Sear 1154. 4.44g, 19mm, 6h. As Struck. Lustrous.
Lot 908
Constantine V, with Leo IV, AV Solidus. Syracuse, AD 751-775. Crowned and draped facing busts of Constantine, bearded, and Leo IV, beardless, crowns topped with crosses; cross above / Crowned and draped facing bust of Leo III, wearing short beard and loros, holding Cross potent on base, crown topped with cross. DOC 15; Füeg -; Sear 1565. 3.89g, 20mm, 6h. Fleur De Coin. Exceptional for the type.
Lot 913
Nicephorus II AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 963-969. + IhS X?S REX REGNANTInm, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus crown and holding codex / + ??OTOC'b'H?'hICHF,d?SP', Virgin wearing nimbus crown and Nicephorus wearing loros, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 4; Sear 1778. 4.41g, 22mm, 6h. Near Extremely Fine.
Lot 914
Nicephorus II AV Histamenon Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 963-969. + IhS X?S REX REGNANTInm, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus crown and holding codex / + ??OTOC'b'H?'hICHF,d?SP', Virgin wearing nimbus crown and Nicephorus wearing loros, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 4; Sear 1778. 4.39g, 21mm, 6h. About Extremely Fine.
Lot 929
Byzantine Apotropaic Medalette of St George. 12th century AD. ? ???-?-??-C, Bust of St George facing, wearing nimbus, tunic, cuirass and sagion, holding spear and shield; to left, W/P; dotted border / Large E C within dotted border. For analogous high Byzantine iconographic style cf. Manuel I Tetarteron, DOC 18; Sear 1975. 4.31g, 17mm, 12h. Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare. Such medalette's are of a personal nature and may have been fitted into pendants, oil lamp handles or ornate cross arms, but the high artistic style of this piece might be the product of the imperial mint or workshop. St. George, a Roman soldier of circa AD 275-303, was one of the most popular military saints of the Christian East as one of the fourteen Holy Helpers and the patron of soldiers. It is almost universally accepted that he suffered martyrdom under Diocletian at Diospolis in Palestine in about AD 300-303. All other legends which have grown up around him may safely be regarded as fictitious, including the story of the dragon, which probably originated in Italy in comparatively recent times and has since then been a source of inspiration to artists worldwide. The crusaders certainly gave great impetus to his devotion in the West, as the very model of knighthood. He became the patron saint of many countries and institutions including: Savoy, Portugal, Aragon, Germany, Genoa, Venice and England, where his cult is bound up with British history, traditions and popular myths.
Lot 944
Byzantine Lead Seal. Nicephorus III, Botaniates, AD 1078-1081. Bust of Christ facing, holding Book of Gospels, IC-XP across fields / NIKE?OP ?EC?T TW BOTANIATH, the emperor standing facing, wearing loros and crown, and holding labarum and globus cruciger. Zacos I 98; Prosopography of the Byzantine World, Nikephoros 3 Seal 108, 739. 19.84g, 31mm, 12h. Finely detailed.
Lot 969
Byzantine Lead Seal. Markos, Metropolitan of Adrian Opel, 11th-12th century AD. Bust of Paul right, holding scroll, and Peter left holding cross-tipped sceptre; O ?AV ?OC above Paul, O ?ETPOC above Peter / THC A?PIANOV ?OIMENOC C?PA?IC MAPKOV. Zacos -. 10.66g, 27mm, 5h. A seal of the Archbishop Markos was not previously known. This piece is thus an important link for the Notitia of this church.
Lot 976
Byzantine Lead Seal. Iconographic seal with Archangel Michael, 11-12th century AD. Bust of the Virgin, nimbate, wearing a medallion with the bust of Christ against her chest, MHP (ligate)-?V across fields, ? [EOTO] KE R [OH] ?EI / Bust of the Archangel Michael holding lotus-tipped sceptre, around [...] XI T API. 6.74g, 24mm, 6h. Very Rare.
Lot 984
Byzantine Lead Seal. Michael, Krites. + ANA??????CCW????CTIATW…?, nimbate and winged bust of St. Michael facing wearing imperial vestments, sceptre and globus cruciger / + MIX?? ?C???? ??????? ????S??? ???????? ??????? ?C??C? ??C. Zacos I-II –, for type cf. Zacos II, 845. 15.50g, 26mm, 12h.
Lot 985
Byzantine Lead Seal. Michael Euthymius, Magistros, and Krites, 11-12th century AD. Bust of winged Archangel Michael with sceptre and globus cruciger, M I X A / K (CPI) EB (OH) ? (EI) MIXAH? MA?ICTPW BECT S KPIT TWN ?PAKH CIWN TW TOV EV?VMIOV. Zacos -; Jordanov, Corpus -. 14.39g, 27mm, 6h. Very Rare.
Lot 993
Byzantine Lead Seal. Pantaleon, 11-12th century AD. ? (EOTO) KE B (OH) ? (EI) ?ANTO?EONT, Bust of the Virgin Mary, nimbate, with raised hands and wearing a medallion with the bust of Christ against her chest, MP (ligate)-?V across fields / TW KA?? ?VXE, frontal bust of St. Pantaleon (Panteleëmon) holding medical instruments, (= O A?IOC) ?A NT E ? EH MO N. Zacos -, cf. Zacos II 665. 9.05g, 24mm, 6h.
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