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Most are in chronological order (Exceptions are the new ones at the top). Skip down to
Anastasius, Justin, Justinian, Vandal and Ostrogothic, Justin II, Maurice, Heraclius, Constans II, Constantine IV, late Byzantine (anonymous and later)
Most recent: 2026, August 2: Four late Byzantine. Justin II K with ΘKC above for "Theotokos" (Theotokos is a title of Mary)
2026, July 30: Romanus IV, 1068-1071
2026, July 29: Justinian at Antioch.
2026, July 28: Coins from Byzantine Cherson mint. Ugly Maurice (So bad it's good!).
2026, July 27: Removed many sold coins entirely.
Recent:
Class B. Romanus III, 1028-1034
30.7-25.3 mm. 7.64 grams. Repatinated
Sear 1823, page 377. This one has more betails better struck than the plate coin.
Better than any on vcoins and that includes 6 pieces above $90!
Facial detail on Christ and he full reverse legend on the flan makes it unusual.
[$55]
Constantine X, Ducas. 1059-1067
28.2-27.2 mm. 9.91 grams. Repatinated.
Bust of Christ
Bust of emperor
KωN RACIΛCVC (Constantine, emperor, with "B" shaped like an "R" and S's lunacte like "C")
Sear 1854.
[$45]
Michael VII, Ducas. 1071-1078
27 mm. 3.26 grams.
Bust of Christ
Bust of Michael VII
Double struck or ovrstruck
Sear 1878
ex Dan Clark auction March 12, 1976, lot 157 [no ticket]
[$21]
Class G. Romanus IV, 1068-1071.
Imporant as the loser of the catastrophic Battle of Manziket.
27-24.5 mm. 6.88 grams. Repatinated.
Bust of Christ
Bust of Virgin Mary, orans (with arms out and hands up like that)
Sear 1867, p. 379
Good centering. Good strike. Some facial details remaining.
If you want, you can pay $240:
https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/cgb/38/product/romanus_iv_diogenes_constantinople_c_10711078_275mm_774g_6h/1947284/Default.aspx
[$45]
Justin II and Sophia, 565-578
21-19 mm. 6.07 grams. Repatinated?
at Thessaloncia mint
TES below the K
ΘKC with bar (denoting an abbreviation) above for "Theotokos" (Theotokos is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus, used especially in Eastern Christianity.)
Usually there is just a cross there, but several varieties exist.
Sear 366, page 93.
Є for the year! Usually years are in Roman numerals, not Greek.
[$32 SOLD]
Sear 1866. Romanus IV, 1068-1071.
Imporant as the loser of the catastrophic Battle of Manziket.
C R
P Δ
The coin has the same facing bust of Christ found on anonymous folles, but the reverse has
C R ["C" is a lunate "S". "R" is an epigraphical form of "B"] ΣΤAYΡЄ BOHΘЄI "O Cross, help"
P Δ in the quadrants of a cross (with an X at the center) for
"Romanus Despot/emperor" RΩMANΩ ΔЄCΠOTH
"O cross help Romanus emperor" or
"May the cross help Romanus, emperor" [$24] (Please compare to prices on vcoins.)
Justinian, 527-565
Year 21 (= 547/8) at Antioch. Antioch was having a rough time:
http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html#tragic
27.5 mm. 10.03 grams.
Sear 230, Antioch,
Π with a slash and o above. (For "Polis" for "Theopolis")
This issue used the reverse dies of the correct size for the flan, but obverse dies for folles, making the obverse crowded.
[$24]
ex Wolf, Chicago ANA. August 16, 2103.
Possibly Romanus IV, 1067-1071. (Famous for losing the disasterous Battle of Manzikert.)
(formerly attributed to Romanus I)
26 mm. Cast. Cherson mint. 8.09 grams.
Rho-Omega (for "Romanus" with two loops like a regular omega)
Nearly flat, but a very weak cross with two dots (as above). The cross is always weak (and sometimes this side is flat) since this side of the mold was never filled well when it was cast.
Sear 1764, but a new edition might have it as 1866A.
Anokhin 456. Anokhin and Russian scholars have it, without great certainty, attributed it to a Romanus much later than Romanus I. Since this type is different than the above type, it is given to a different Romanus, Romanus IV. I am not certain future scholars will agree with these two identifications. See my site:
Coins from Byzantine Cherson: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Cherson/
Note that coins of the Cherson mint are often smoothed (or worse). Some have the field dug out to make the rho stronger (This one is not tooled).
[$65]
Tooled!
Romanus III, 1028-1034.
Cherson mint. 25 mm. 6.20 grams.
As noted above, the "cross" side is usually weak or very weak--virtually flat. Someone decided to put a design on the flat side for this piece. There are no original pieces with that rho-omega on both sides.
Sear 1764 tooled into a non-existent type. The other side is very good.
[$20]
Maurice, 582-602
Year X at Cyzicus.
29-28 mm. 10.10 grams.
Sear 518
Maurice at Cyzicus had some of the worst and most cartoonish portraits of all. A Syracusan decadrachm it aint!
Ex William Roseblum at the Summer ANA (8/14/2015) in 2015 for $25.
Still [$25] (and you don't have to travel to the ANA to get it!) with the Rosenblum ticket (which is just handwritten and does not have his firm name)
So bad it's good!
weights
3.31 grams. 13.6 x 11.7 x 2.7 mm.
This has the shape of an ancient weight, but I don't recognize the standard.
A curiosity [$5, with normal shipping; it is not too thick]
Islamic Fatimid weight, c. 940 AD to c. 1190 AD.
2.885 grams. ( A little lighter than the standard which is about 2.94 grams)
8.7 x 8.0 x 5.1 mm.
One "bird's eye" for one dirham. Illegble stamp (usually Arabic lettering) on the reverse.
[$6]
Crusader, from the First Crusade.
Tancred. On the route from Antioch to Jerusalem the crusaders had bypassed Tripoli and small cities. After Jerusalem was conquered Tancred and his knights went back and conquered many of those cities (but not Tripoli), which proved he was a capable leader. When Bohemond of Antioch was captured by the Turks in 1100, Tancred (also very tall and large) became regent for him at Antioch until Bohemond was ransomed in 1103. This explains the gap in Bohemond's rule. Tancred became regent again when Bohemond left in 1104 for Europe to recruit more crusaders. Coins of Tancred of Antioch are, by far, the most common coins of the First Crusade. Next is the first of Tancred's four types.
Tancred, regent at Antioch, 1101-1112.
Broad, thin, flan, 24.7 mm max. 3.54 grams.
Obverse: Bust of St. Peter facing, nimbate, with scroll in left and diagonal long cross in right.
Θ/ΠЄ to left and POC down the right (Identifying St. Peter)
Reverse: Legend in four lines:
KЄBOI
ΘHTOΔV
ΛOCOVT (His name begins here: T-ANKRI[D])
ANKRI+
"Oh Lord come to the aid of thy servant Tancred"
CCS Antioch 3 (page 199) Tancred's first type of four.
Metcalf 49-62. Also page 25, type 6.
[$15]
Maurice, 582-602
Facing bust holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter
THEUP' for Theopolis = Antioch
Sear 532, year 5 = 586/7
28.5 mm. 11.08 grams.
[$33]
Anonymous Class G
Bust of Christ
Virgin Mary orans (arms up and out in blessing)
(Note: Class K also has Mary orans, but on K there are three outer circles that include a circle of large pellets as part of the design.)
29 mm. 8.94 grams. Good size.
This is the first copper type with the Virgin Mary.
Sear 1867
Romanus IV, 1068-1071 (Famous for losing the Battle of Manzikert)
DOC pl. 61 page 692
[$35] (As always, compare with prices on other sites.)
Anonymous Class K
Virgin Mary, orans, within circle of large pellets as part of the design inside the rim
(unlike Class G, on which Mary is larger and the pellets are smaller and form the rim. Here, Mary is almost full length.)
26-23.4 mm. 5.46 grams.
Bust of Christ.
Sear 1901.
DOC pl. 68 page 702
Alexius I, 1081-1118. Alexius is famous for dealing with the Crusaders of the First Crusade, and for reforming the coinage.
[$25] (As always, compare with prices on other sites.)
Coins of the First Crusade. (Byzantine coins below)
[sold]
Byzantine coins below in chronological order, after some literature.
Byzantine reference literature for sale:
Nearly new. Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins found in Britain and Ireland by Roger Bland and Xavier Loriot, London, 2010, 372 pages, 22 plates, A4 (large format), red cloth, dust jacket. Nearly new. RNS Special Publication 46. [$35 + $8 shipping (It is a large book).]
Chronological order begins here:
Anastasius, 491-518
[sold]
Justin I, 518-527
Justin I, 518-527
30-28 mm. 15.16 grams.
Blundered obverse legend (spelling uncertain)
DN IVSTIN NVS P NAVC
Sear 83
NIKM
Nicomedia mint.
Very nice surfaces. [$39]
ex Radmilo Rudnik December 4, 2011
Justin, 518-527
Pentanummia
13 mm. 2.08 grams.
Large chi-rho, N to left and Є to right, two dots low in fields
Sear 93, attributed to Nicomedia because of the "N".
None on vcoins as I write. [$27, reduced to $19]
Justin 1, 518-527
Small. 5-nummia. 12 mm.
Tyche of Antioch seated left.
Retrograde Є (Why did these have "5" retrograde?)
Sear 111. DO 57.
[$23, reduced to $14]
Justin and Justinian, joint reign, 527
Justin and Justinian, joint reign
4 April - 1 August 527. Short joint reign--less than 3 months!
pentanummium. 12.4-11.9 mm. 2.16 grams. Small
Minted at Antioch with Tyche seated left and backwards Є .
Facing busts with some weak legend around.Pit in reverse. Nevertheless, they are often much worse!
Sear 133.
[$49, reduced to $39]
Justinian, 527-565
Justinian, 527-565
15.0 mm. 2.32 grams.
Pentanummium at Antioch
Sear 244
[$18] Check them out on vcoins. As I write, one is priced at 245 €. Note which firm prices coins like that and learn a lesson.
Justinian, 527-565
3.19 grams. 15. 8 mm. Small.
(Smaller than many of his 5-nummia pieces)
10-nummi
year 32?
Nicomedia
Sear 205. [$8]
Justinian, 527-565
23 mm.
Bust right
AISP (IS = 16)
Sear 175ff.
Thessalonica mint and its unusual denomination "16"! [$19]
Justinian 1-nummis, small, 9 mm. 0.84 grams. AE nummis.
Chi-rho reverse. Close to the end of this denomination.
Sear 283
Rare, Carthage mint.
Remarkably good detail and even some obverse legend, which is not common.
Cute! [$39]
Justinian, 527-565
9 mm. Very small.
Bust right
VOT
XIII (very late for a vota coin)
Sear 278 from Carthage, year 13
This one is clear "for type" [$24]
Vandals and Ostrogoths, time of Justinian
Free! An up-to-date reference for many of the small Vandalic AR4's is Bijovsky, INR6.3 "From Carthage to the Holy Land: The ‘Palm Tree’ Nummus" which you can get for free on Academia.edu or ask me for it gratis via e-mail (It is a 1.7 mb pdf).
Vandal
King Gelimer, 530-534
Tiny! 8.8 mm. 0.58 grams.
Wroth WPBC plate II. 21.
Rare. Lousy, like usual. [$25]
(Better than the only one on vcoins, at $70, as I write.)
Justin II and Sophia, 565-578
Justin II and Sophia, 565-578
22-189 mm. 5.73 grams. Nice green patina.
Sear 366
Half follis with K
and TES below for Thessalonica and
+
ΘC
above for "Theotokos" (The Virgin)
Sear 366, which has several varieties of symbols above the K.
[$19]
Justin II, 565-578
Pentanummium
16.7 - 15.4 mm. 1.98 grams.
Sear 386 from Antioch
It differs from Sear 385 by having the phi at the top right instaed of the top left.
Clear with nice color.
[$19]
Justin II and Sophia, 565-578
30 mm. 11.15 grams
Sear 372, year 10, at Cyzicus
Ex Marcus and Susan Phillips in England, May 20, 2002 [no ticket]
[$31]
Tiberius II, 578-582
Tiberius II, 578-582
19 mm. Large diameter for type. 1.66 grams. Repatinated.
dM TIb PP AVG
U
Sear 438A
A good example of the U-shape for the Roman numeral V = 5.
Excellent obverse for type, both legend and portrait.
[$55] (As I write, compare to the worse 130 € and 160 € examples on vcoins)
A hoard of pentanummia came out maybe two/three years ago. Some previously very rare types were in it. I got two of this one and I think they will return to being very rare sometime. Too many museums did not have one and donors will buy them, I think. For example, the BMC and BN catalog do not have one.
Tiberius II, 578-582. Tiberius Constantine.
Pentanummium. U is a form of V for "5"
Small. 13 mm. 1.43 grams.
Theoupolis (Antioch).
Monogram 18 in Sear of Tiberius II Constantine.
This is a difficult one to attribute. The expansion of the monogram is not obvious.
The clear "N" does not belong in "Tiberius" but our modern choice to emphasize "Tiberius" from the name "Tiberius Constantine" was apparently not his choice on this coin.
The monogram seems to have
N, T, A, ɣ. square C (a lunate S), and K. Of course, "I" could be in there, too.
Grierson [p. 68] says this is for
KONSTANTOU
Maybe it also includes "TI" from "Tiberius".
Large U; above, cross.
Sear 459. (65 pounds in VF) [$55, reduced to $49]
Tiberius II, 578-582
21-16 mm
Decanummia
Sear 436, Constantinople
[$19, reduced to $15]
ex Dan Clark, March 3, 2007, with his crude ticket and with my ticket
None on vcoins under $50! (All of them cost too much!)
Maurice, 582-602
Maurice Tiberius. 582-602.
AE decanummium (16mm, 2.9 g).
Antioch mint, RY 6. Crowned and armoured bust facing
/ Large X.
Sear 536. Antioch. Year 6.
[$16]
Maurice, 582-602
24.7-23.6 mm. 5.94 grams.
Constantinople, year 10
Sear 497
Year 10.
Common. Large flan for type. His eyes are not worn flat, as so often they are. [$15]
Maurice, 582-602
Deca. 16.6 mm. 2.09 grams. Small. Repatinated.
Sear 537 at Antioch, year 14
(Years 1-8 dekas have the denomination "X" and 13-20 they have the denominaton "I")
Sear 537
[$19]
Maurice, 582-602
Pentanummium. Small at 13.5-12.3 mm and 1.18 grams. Repatinated
Mongoram 15 in Sear
Sear 539 (30 £ in F, 65 £ in VF) Only has a line drawing--no photo.
Not in DOC (was extremely rare at the time, but some appeared in 2024)
The monogram includes the letters
ɣ, M, P, A, K and possibly I.
MAVPIKIOU for Maurice [Grierson p. 68]
(Many of his non-monogram coins have
MAVRIC spelled in the legend)
Compare with the examples at $150 and $175 on vcoins.
Monogram clear. [$45]
A rarity: A pentanummium of Maurice not in Sear.
Maurice, 582-602
Small. Pentanummium. 15 mm. 1.44 grams.
Not in Sear
Monogram with MB on the left (not MP) which is much like his monogram 16 on page 32, but quite different at the right end where what is a "K" on 16 is a and E or square C (lunate S) with bits of the K or maybe E.
Є+ on the reverse.
Unlisted in Sear. cf. Sear 540 which is different.
MIBEC Maurice V105 where the monogram is not as clear as this one. ("V" numbers were not known in time for the first edition.)
Maybe it would be Sear 542A in a new edition, were one to appear (It won't).
Theoupolis (Antioch). Rev. Large Є with cross. SB 540 var (monogram, Ч) . Good fine.
Very rare. [$59, reduced to $48]
In spite of its (fomer) extreme rarity, I have two, with similar value but much different surfaces. Take your pick.
Maurice, 582-602
Small. Pentanummium. 14.5 mm. 1.68 grams.
Not in Sear
Monogram much like his monogram 16 on page 32, but quite different at the right end where what is a "K" on 16 is a and E or square C (lunate S) with bits of the K or maybe E.
Є+ on the reverse.
Unlisted in Sear. cf. Sear 540 which is different.
MIBEC Maurice V105 where the monogram is not as clear as this one. ("V" numbers were not known in time for the first edition, but are in the second, English, edition)
Maybe it would be Sear 542A in a new edition, were one to appear (It won't).
Theoupolis (Antioch). Rev. Large Є with cross. SB 540 var (540 has a different monogram, Ч, and 542 has a different monogram and Є and + like this one). Very rare. A few appeared in 2024. [ $49]
Maurice, 582-602
Pentanummium
14.3-13.1 mm. Small. 1.07 grams.
Sear monogram 15 with MP on the left
U (for 5) with cross above.
Sear 539
Two on vcoins as I write, at $150 and $175.
[$39]
Maurice, 882-602
Theoupolis (Antioch) Decanummium Æ
18mm, 2.8 g.
Crowned facing bust, holding mappa in right and eagle-tipped scepter in left hand / Large X; cross above, R below; ANNO II across field.
Cute! Lettering very clear with lovely light cover.
Sear 536 [$19]
Maurice, 582-602
16 mm. 2.31 grams.
Sear 537
Antioch mint
Year 14 decanummium
THEUP for Antioch (Theopolis)
This type uses "I" for ten.
[$19]
Maurice, 582-602
20-nummia
Good bust with mappa and eagle-tipped scepter
Sear 534. DO 178
ANNO XX U
Year U = 5, struck 586/7.
Good facial details. [$11]
Heraclius, 610-614
Heraclius, 610-641
28-26 mm. 10.71 grams. Repatinated.
Year U = 5
Θ Є C
Thessalonica
Sear 824
None on vcoins. [$23]
Constans II, 641-668
Constans II, 641-668
Struck 654-659 according to DOC
29-26 mm. Large. 5.03 grams.
Sear 1109.
Struck in Sicily at Syracuse. Constans II was considering moving the capitol there because Constantinople was under siege.
Nice monogram above the "M" with SCL below.
Bought Feb. 15, 2006 for $25 from James Lovette, who bought it from
from Dan Clark.
ex Lepczyk June 1981 "40-270" on the Clark envelope (whatever that means. Maybe Auction 40, lot 270?)
[$39]
Constantine IV, 668-685
Constantine IV, 668-695
Ragged 24-22 mm. 3.65 grams.
No legend. Bust facing, beardless, holding globus cruciger
M with monogram above and standing figures with long crosses on either side.
SCL in exergue for Sicily and its mint, Syracuse.
Sear 1207. Hahn III MIB 104
[$28]
Constantine IV, 668-685
Struck in Sicily, Syracuse
29-25 mm. 3.25 grams.
Large M with two standing figures either side
SCL below
Sear 1207
This type comes in various sizes including smaller examples. This is one of the large ones.
ex James Lovette (author of "Biblical Related Coins") Feb. 15, 2006, who got it from Quarles in March 1985, lot 301, at $25.
My ticket and Lovette's ticket both included.
Search vcoins on "Constantine IV 1207" and find four, one at $350 and one at $478! [$43]
Justinian II, first reign, 685-695
Constantine V, 741-775
Leo V, 813-820
Leo V, 813-820
20 mm. 5.40 grams.
Sear 1635. Lambda for Leo and K for Constantine.
[$11]
Michael II, 820-829
Basil I, 867-886
Leo VI, 886-912
Constantine VII, 913-959
Coin from Byzantine Cherson, a scarce mint:
Romanus I, 920-944
(Romanus II, according to Sear, but I follow Anokhin, #419)
18 mm. 3.35 grams.
Monogram of Romanus, Cross on steps with pellets either side
Sear 1775 Mint of Cherson
Sometimes the "P" in the monogram is retrograde. This one is normal.
Even dark color, nearly black. Bold monogram. [$59, reduced to $47]
Anonymous folles and later,
Constantine X, Ducas, 1059-1067
Nicephorus III Botaniates, AD 1078-1081
Nicephorus III Botaniates, AD 1078-1081
Æ Follis. (22mm, 7.4 g) Constantinople mint. Three-quarter length standing figure of Christ Pantokrator facing between two stars; IC-XC across upper fields Cross with pellets at extremities and eight-pointed star within circle at centre;
C - Φ N - Δ in angles.
Sear 1888 [$24, reduced to $19]
C Φ (The "C" is a lunate "S" (sigma)) ΣΤAYΡЄ ΦΥΛATTЄ "O Cross, Protect"
N Δ (Sear 1888) "Nicephorus [III] Despot/emperor" NIKHΦωPON ΔЄCΠOTH
Alexius I, 1081-1118
John II, 1118-1143
Manuel I, 1143-1180
Andronicus II, 1282-1328
Andronicus III, 1328-1341
Arabic and Arab-Byzantine
Arabic/Islamic coins
Nasir al-din Muhammad, 1249-1260
Jital. 16-15 mm. 3.50 grams.
ibn Hasan Qarlagh, Shah of Kurraman (NE Pakistan)
stylized horse right
Mitchner WoI 951
Remarkably nice horse depicted in just a few strokes [$19]
ex. Jim Lovette (author of Biblical Related Coins) in 2007
Arab-Byzantine all sold
Medieval
Coins from Medieval Hungary:
Medieval Hungary. Anonymous. 12th C. 1141-1161
Tiny! Silver 12 mm. 0.33 grams.
The denomination is called a "denar"" It is sometimes called a "penny."
Cross and crescents/cross in circles
Huszar 92. Rethy-Probszt 88, plate V group V p. 57, between 1141 and 1161.
Small, well-struck, and cute. [$33]
Medieval Hungary. Stephan II. 1114-1131
Tiny! Silver. 11 mm. 0.33 grams.
The denomination is called a "denar"" It is sometimes called a "penny."
Rethy-Probszt 66, plate V, Stephan II 1114-1131
Excellent centering on a small silver coin [$31]
Medieval Hungary. Anonymous.
Tiny! 13 mm. Silver. 0.33 grams.
The denomination is called a "denar"" It is sometimes called a "penny."
Time of Beles III, Emmerichs, and Andreas II" c. 1173-1235
according to Rethy-Probszt X-146 group D, plate IX page 64 and page 62.
Wonderful multiple crosses. Very well struck and centered. Rare. Have you ever seen a coin with this many crosses? [$59]
World Coins
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Turkoman figural bronze
Mamluk
Mamluk
Mamluk
Kashmir Smast