Byzantine
977151 977153 977153. Heraclius. 610-641. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.17 g, 7h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck 610-613. d N hЄRACLI-ЧS P P AVC, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding cross in right hand / VICTORIA AVςЧ, cross potent set on three steps; N to right; Є//CONOB. DOC 4; MIB 6a; SB 732. EF, small area of flat strike in legend, minor deposits on reverse. ($465) 977151. Constans II, with Constantine IV. 641-668. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.35 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Struck 654-659. d N CONSτAτINЧS C CONSτAI, crowned and draped facing busts of Constans and Constantine; cross above / VICTORIA AVςЧ, cross potent set on three steps; I//CONOB. DOC 25j; MIB 26; SB 959. EF, slightly wavy flan. ($495)
977138 977137 977138. Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (28mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1092/3-1118. + KЄ RO HӨЄI, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; barred IC XC across upper field / Alexius standing facing, wearing crown, divitision, and chlamys, and holding labarum in right hand and globus cruciger in left; to upper right, crowning manus Dei emerging from Heaven; A/ΛЄ/SI/ω/ΔЄC/ΠO/T to left, T/ω/K/O/(MNH)/N/ω to right. DOC 20; SB 1912. Near EF, faint scratches on reverse. ($750) 977137. Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (27mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1167-1183. + KЄBO H ΘЄI, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; barred IC XC across field / Manuel standing facing, wearing crown, divitision, and chlamys, and holding labarum in right hand and globus cruciger in left; to upper right, crowning manus Dei emerging from Heaven; MA/NOV/HΛ/ [Δ]ЄC/[Π]Ο/[T]Є to left, (Tω)/ ΠO/ΦVPO/Γ Є/(NNH)/(Tω) to right. DOC 1e; SB 1956. Good VF, faint scratches on reverse. ($650)
Early Medieval and Islamic
954926. ISLAMIC, Seljuks. Rum. Kay Ka’us II, Qilich Arslan IV, & Kay Qubadh II. Joint rule, AH 647-655 / AD 1249-1257. AV Dinar (25mm, 4.50 g, 7h). Dar al-Malik Qunya mint. Dated AH 648 (AD 1250/1). Kalima, name and titles of Abbasid caliph al-Must’asim, mint formula, and AH date in five lines; ornament above / Name and titles of Kay Ka’us II, Qilich Arslan IV, & Kay Qubadh II in five lines; ornament above. Broome –; cf. Izmirlier 560 (dirham); Album A1227; Triton 16, 1324 (same dies). FDC. ($2750)
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