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Wednesday November 13, 2019 Byzantine Coinage 136 3186 3187 kavel TRUE Inzet Justinianus I (527-565) 3186 AV Solidus / 20 Siliquae (Constantinople AD 542-565, 3.70 g) - DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding gl.cr . and shield / VICTORIAAVGGG I Angel standing facing, holding long cross and globe, to right star (in ex. OBXX, ac- cording to Sear only officina I noted for this type) (S. 142 / DOC 10 / MIBE 15) - a.XF , a very rare specimen 400 3187 AE Follis (Constantinople year XIII = AD 539-40, 20.02 g) - Helmeted, diademed and cuirassed bust facing, holding gl.cr . and shield, cross in right field / Large M, cross above, A below, ANNO XIII on either side (CON in ex.) (S. 163) - a good VF, chocolate brown patina 50 Phocas (602-610) 3188 AV Solidus (Constantinople AD 604-607, 4.50 g) - Draped and cuirassed bust facing, wearing crown and holding gl.cr . / Angel stand- ing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and gl.cr . (CONOB in ex.) (cf. S. 618) - partially weakly struck but XF 200 Heraclius (610-641) 3189 With Heraclius Constantine (AD 613-641)m - AV Solidus (Carthage, 4.46 g) - DN ЄRACLIO ЄT ЄRA COS PP H Facing busts of Heraclius on left, with short beard, and Heraclius Constantine on right, beardless, each wearing chlamys and crown, cross above / VICTORIAAVGG H Cross potent on three steps (CONOB below) (S. 867) - a.XF, a scarcer coin 250 Constantinus IV Pogonates (668-685) 3190 AV Solidus (Constantinople, 4.44 g) - CONST-T-NЧS B Helmeted, small hair tufts at ears, cuirassed bust facing three-quarter to right, holding spear / Cross potent on three steps, on either side Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing, both crowned, wearing chlamys, each holding cross on globe (CONOB in ex.) (S. 1151-1153 (several obverse legends) / DOC 4-6) - XF, beauty 300 Justinianus II, 2nd reign (705-711) 3191 With Tiberius - AV Solidus (Constantinople, 4.36 g) - Bust of Christ with cross behind head facing, curly hair and short beard, holding Book of Gospels and raising hand in benediction / Crowned figures of Justinianus II (left) and smaller bust of his son Tiberius (right), both jointly holding a cross potent on two steps (S. 1414) - VF/XF, slightly clipped? 750 Andronicus II Sole reign (1282-1295) 3192 AV Hyperpyron (Constantinople, 4.03 g) - Bust of the Virgin within six towers in citywall, below CN in field right / Andronicus left, kneeling before Christ standing right, below CN in field right (S. 2326) - VF 150 3193 AV Hyperpyron (Constantinople, 4.04 g) - Bust of the Virgin within six towers in citywall / Andronicus left, kneeling before Christ standing right (cf. S. 2326) - VF 125 Andronicus II and Michael IX (1295-1320) 3194 AV Hyperpyron (Constantinople, 4.01 g) - Bust of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls with six towers / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to either side (cf. S. 2396) - VF 125 3195 AV Hyperpyron (Constantinople, 4.04 g) - Bust of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls with six towers, four pellets left and right of the Virgin / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to either side (cf. S. 2396) - VF 100 3196 AV Hyperpyron (Constantinople, 4.08 g) - Bust of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls with five (?!) towers, KN below / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to either side (cf. S. 2396) - VF 100 3197 AV Hyperpyron (Constantinople, 4.00 g) - Bust of the Virgin Mary, orans, within four towers, two crosses between the city walls above, KN below / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to either side (cf. S. 2396) - good VF 125 3188 3189 3190 3191 3192 3193 3194 3195 3196 3197