Lot 798
Miscellaneous lot of 25 Byzantine bronzes, etc., mostly of late date. Constantine IV (668-685), follis, Carthage (S. 1196); Justinian II (first reign, 685-695), half follis, Constantinople, regnal year 3 (S. 1262); Justinian II and Tiberius (705-711), follis, Constantinople, regnal year 20 (S. 1428); Leo VI and Alexander (886-912), Æ 17, Cherson (S. 1734); Alexius I (1081-1118), light tetarteron, Thessalonica (S. 1930); Empire of Nicaea, John III Ducas-Vatatzes (1222-1254), billon trachea (2), Thessalonica (S. 2126, 2134); Empire of Thessalonica, Manuel Comnenus-Ducas (1230-1237), billon trachy, halved (S. 2177); John Comnenus-Ducas (1237-1242), billon trachea (3), Thessalonica (S. 2190, 2217, 2218); Restored Byzantine Empire, Michael VIII (1261-1282), trachea (3), Thessalonica (S. 2295 (broken), 2302, 2303); Andronicus II (1282-1328), trachy, Thessalonica (S. 2383); Andronicus II and Michael IX (1295-1320), trachea (2), Constantinople (S. 2420/21), Thessalonica (S. 2454); assaria (3), Constantinople (S. 2428, 2436 (2)); Rhodes, imperial governors, 1249-1307, Æ 19 (2), cross with B's in the angles/Palaeologan monogram (Grierson 1397); Andronicus III (1328-1341), trachy, Thessalonica (S. 2497), assarion, Constantinople (S. 2481); Manuel II (1391-1423), follaro, Constantinople (S. 2559). Mostly Fine, a few very fine, another interesting lot with some very scarce items.
Estimated Value $400 - 500.
The Christov Family Collection.
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