Catalogue
Heraclius, (610 - 641 AD), gold semissis, (2.17 g), Constantinople Mint, issued 613 - 641, obv. diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, [DN] HERCLIUS t PP AV, rev. cross potent, VICTORIA AVGUS around (S.785, DOC 52b, MIB 72).
Estimate $350
Constans II, with Constantine IV, (641-668 A.D.), gold solidus (4.34 gm), Constantinople mint, 6th officina, struck c.654-658, obv. crowned busts of Constans, wearing long beard, and Constantine facing, both wearing chlamys; cross above, around DN CONSTANTINUS C CONT, rev. cross potent set on three steps, around VICTORIA AVGUS in exergue CONOB. (S.959, DOC 25f, MIB 26).
Estimate $1,000
Constantine X, (1059 - 1067 AD), gold histamenon nomisma (scyphate), (4.24 g), Constantinople Mint, obv. Christ seated facing on throne with straight arms, wearing nimbus, raising right hand, in left hand the Gospels, +ihS XIS REX REgNANTInm around, rev. +KWN RAC Λ ΔOVKAC around, Constantine standing, facing, bearded, wearing crown, saccos and loros, holding labrarum and globus cruciger (S.1847, DOC 1a, BMC 3, R.2010.
Estimate $1,000
Eudocia, with Michael VII and Constantius, (A.D. 1067), gold histamenon nomisma (scyphate), Constantinople Mint, (4.11 g), obv. Christ Pantocrator seated facing on throne, wearing nimbus crown, colobium, and pallium, raising hand in benediction, and holding Gospel book, around +IhS XIS RECX REGNANTINM, rev. Eudocia standing on footstool, flanked by her sons Michael and Constantius, around +MIX EV DK KWNS, (S.1857, DOC 1).
Estimate $2,500
Theodore II, Ducas Lascaris, Empire of Nicaea, (1254 - 58 AD), gold hyperpyron nomisma (4.22 g), Magnesia mint, issued 1254 - 58 AD, obv. Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, IC XC to left and right, rev. emperor standing left being crowned by the Virgin Mary, traces of legend left and right (S.2136, DOC 4, pl.XXXV, 1-4).
Estimate $800
Andronicus II and Michael IX, (1295 - 1320 AD), gold hyperpyron (scyhate), (4.08 g), Constantinople Mint, obv. bust of Virgin Mary within city walls and four towers, B to left and retrograded B to right, rev. Andronicus II and Michael IX to left and right, Christ standing between, partial legend downwards of each emperor (S.2396, Bendall cf.PCPC 142).
Estimate $500
Kings of Axum, Nezana (Nezool), (c.470-490 A.D.), gold unit, (1.61 g), obv. crowned and draped bust right, holding three-pronged 'fly whisk', framed by grain ears, around **+QEOV E VXAPICTIA*, rev. draped bust right, in headcloth, holding two-pronged 'fly whisk', framed by two grain ears, N of legend retrograde, around **+BACILEYC NEZOWL*, (cf.Hahn, Aksumite 38d, Munro-Hay type 82 var, cf.BMC Axum 401).
Estimate $1,500
Kings of Axum, Ousanas III (Ousana), (c.490-510 A.D.), gold unit, (1.57 g), obv. crowned and draped bust right, framed by wheat stalks, around **+ NEZANA BACLEVC* (King Nezana), rev. draped bust right, in headcloth, framed by wheat stalks, around **+ NEZANA BACLEVC* (King Nezana), (Hahn, Aksumite 38a, Munro-Hay type 77, SACAM 321-2).
Estimate $1,000