Lot 800
Miscellaneous lot of 34 Byzantine bronzes, etc., mostly of late date. Constans II (641-668), follis, Constantinople, 3rd officina, regnal year 8 (S. 1005 var., unrecorded date); Justinian II (first reign, 685-695), follis, Syracuse (S. 1297); Tiberius III (698-705), follis, Syracuse (S. 1395); Theophilus with Michael II and Constantine (both deceased), follis, Syracuse (S. 1680); Michael III and Basil I (866-867), follis, Constantinople (S. 1693); Leo VI (886-912), Æ 15 (S. 1732); Alexius I (1081-1118), billon trachy, Philippopolis (S. 1936); billon tetarteron, Constantinople (cf. S. 1923); Empire of Nicaea, John III Ducas-Vatatzes (1222-1254), billon trachy, Thessalonica (S. 2130); Empire of Thessalonica, Theodore Comnenus-Ducas (1224-1230), billon trachea (2), Thessalonica (S. 2165, 2167); Manuel Comnenus-Ducas (1230-1237), billon trachea (3), Thessalonica (S. 2181, 2183, 2184); John Comnenus-Ducas (1237-1242), billon trachea (4), Thessalonica (S. 2191, 2199, 2218, 2219); Restored Byzantine Empire, Michael VIII (1261-1282), trachea (2), Constantinople (S. 2280), Thessalonica (S. 2294); Andronicus II (1282-1328), trachea (4), Constantinople (S. 2353, holed), Thessalonica (S. 2373 (2), 2385); Andronicus II and Michael IX (1295-1320), assaria (7), Constantinople (S. 2432, holed, 2435 (3), 2436, holed, 2440, 2444); Andronicus III (1328-1341), trachy, Thessalonica (S. 2483), assaria (2), Constantinople (S. 2481). Mostly Fine, a few very fine, a varied grouping including some very scarce items.
Estimated Value $500 - 700.
The Christov Family Collection.
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