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Turkoman figural bronze, Crusader, and Medieval.
Late Byzantine. World coins.
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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: 2024, August 25: Tancred.
2024, August 23: Justinian, Sear 230 from Antioch.
2024, August 15: Maurice from Carthage.
2024, August 13: Anonymous Class G.
2024, August 9: Joint reign of Justinian and Justinian, Justin, Heraclius from Seleucia, Class J, Class G, Tiberius II with "U" for 5. First Crusade coins of Tancred and Roger.
2024, July 29: Crusader Roger of Salerno, Anastasius small module, Arab-Byzantine, other Byzantine also at the top. Many sold coins removed entirely.
Recent:
First Crusade. Tancred, regent at Antioch, 1101-1112.
20-17 mm. 2.13 grams. Small and thin.
His third type of four.
Facing bust of Christ, IC XC either side, very much like many Byzantine anonymous folles.
Cross with
TA NK
P H in its quadrants, for "Tancre[d]"
floral ornament at base.
Metcalf 49-62. Also p. 25, type 6.
CCS Antioch 5 (page 199f).
Reverse legend legible (many are not). [$19 SOLD]
Justinian, 527-565
Year 21
29-25 mm. 9.69 grans.
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.
Bought in 2014 from Dan Clark (of Clark's Ancient Coins. He was a minor dealer) for $10. Here, still [$10]
Maurice, 582-602
Thick 15 mm. 4.39 grams.
Carthage mint.
Facing bust of Maurice
Large cross on globe, flanked by N M
with X (for "10") below.
Sear 564.
DOC(253) no photo, and the parentheses mean it was not in their collection at the time, but they knew of it.
MIBEC 125b, page 167.
Rare. Weakly struck obverse. Pretty clear reverse.
ex Dan Clark in 2007.
[$45] I'll include his lousy envelope and my collection ticket.
Anonymous follis, Class I
25 mm. 3.87 grams
Nicephorus III, 1078-1081
Sear 1889
[$24]
Maurice, 582-602
15 mm. Small.
Pentanummium
Monogram of Maurice
U, an epigraphic form of V, for 5 nummia.
Sear 539. 65 pounds in VF. Formerly very rare. Temporarily (I think) available.
[$37 SOLD]
Only one on vcoins, and that one at $195!
https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ancient_artifacts__treasures/4/product/maurice_tiberius_ae_pentanummium__very_scarce_monogram_type/1618344/Default.aspx
Tiberius II, 578-582
15 mm. 1.875 grams.
dM TIb PP AVG
U
Sear 438
A good example of the U-shape for the Roman numeral V = 5.
[$22]
Justin II Æ 5 Nummi.
13mm, 1.6 g
Antioch, AD 569-578. Monogram / Large E, cross to right.
This monogram has Φ at the top right. Some have it at the top left.
Sear 386
Excellent monogram. [$17]
Turkoman figural bronze.
30 mm. Large. 10.08 grams.
SSS Begteginid 1. (Not in Spengler and Sayles which did not cover the Begteginids)
Muzaffar al-Din Kokburi [Gokburi, Gokbori]
AH 563-630. AD 1168-1233
(coins struck in 1193-1233)
Enthroned facing Turkish figure, legend around:
Muzaffar al-Dawla wa 'l-Din Kokburi ibn Ali
3-line legend in square:
al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Dunya wa 'l-Din Yusuf
Legend continues outside the square.
ibn Ayyub Muhyi Dawlat Amir al-Mu'minin.
["ibn Ayyub" is Saladin].
Muhyi Dawlat Amir al-Mu'minin means "the reviver of the dynasty/state of the commander of the faithful."
Rare. [$89]
This one was $340 plus fees: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1216193
The only one on vcoins:
https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/marc_breitsprecher_classical_numismatist/8/product/begteginids_muzaffar_al_din_kukburi_ah_563631__ad_11681233_198_dirham/1910538/Default.aspx
Coins of the First Crusade. (Byzantine coins below)
Tancred, regent at Antioch, 1101-1112.
22 mm. 3.37 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.
On this example his curly beard is evident. Tancred's first type of four. [$26]
Compare with https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=122483 at $500 plus 20%.
Tancred, regent at Antioch, 1101-1112.
21 mm. 2.68 grams.
His third type of four.
Facing bust of Christ, IC XC either side, very much like many Byzantine anonymous folles.
Cross with
TA NK
P H in its quadrants, for "Tancre[d]"
floral ornament at base.
Metcalf 49-62. Also p. 25, type 6.
CCS Antioch 5 (page 199f).
Better struck than most. [$49]
Byzantine: Many Byzantine coins below in chronological order, after some literature.
HAHN, Wolfgang and METCALF, William E.-1988 (ANS) "Studies in Early Byzantine Gold Coinage"-144pp, 24pls, hardbound in red cloth, gilt, 4to. [$15]
Sternberg catalog 8 (11/78) MV, HQP. 1015 ancients. 339 G, 41 Aksum, 374 R, 238 Byz including AE, 18 Arab-Byz, on 50 ppl + 2E [$8, reduced to $6]
Aksumite (41), Byzantine AE (among 238)
Catalog: Baldwin's 5 (11 Oct. 1995) "Byzantine Gold Coins from the P. J. Donald Collection" 285 Byz gold on 12 large ppl. Photos okay but worse than most. [$5, reduced to $3]
Byzantine gold (285)
Elsen 125 (2015, June 13) 1085 ancients among 1982. 120 G, 157 Celtic, 25 RR, 130 RI, 16 RP, 544 Byz gold and silver "Collection Henri Potteir," 32 Carolingian [$7, reduced to $5]
544 Byzantine gold and silver
Chronological order begins here:
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]
Justinian, 527-565
19-17 mm. 3.02 grams.
*I* (for 10-nummi)
CON
Sear 166
DOC 34, page 82, plate XIV
Unusual with stars either side of the I.
[$22, reduced to $17, reduced to $15]
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! [$79, reduced to $49, reduced to $45]
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 1.7 mb).
Justin II, 565-578
1.75 grams. 15.6 - 13 mm.
Pentanummia
Complicated monogram
Epsilon (for 5) Γ
Sear 363 from Constantinople (we can tell by the officina number)
[$17, reduced to $14] I bought this in 2004 for $17. (Not a good dollar investment!)
I hope you don't think ancient coins are a monetary investment. They are an investment in your mind and pleasure, not your wallet!
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. [$19, reduced to $12]
Justinian II, first reign, 685-695
[$35, reduced to $27]
Leo V, 813-820
Leo V, 813-820
20 mm. 5.40 grams.
Sear 1635. Lambda for Leo and K for Constantine.
[$22, reduced to $12]
[Sold]
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
Arabic and Arab-Byzantine
Arabic/Islamic coins
Mamluk coins. Small figural types. Please search for these on vcoins. You will find they are unusual.
Mamluk
19 mm. 2.89 grams.
al-Sali Salah al-Din Salih
AH 752-755. AD 1351-1354
Bird right, head turned back
Legend
[$16, reduced to $12]
Mamluk
Shalban II
AH 764-778
AD 1363-1377
Small. 18-14 mm.
Lion left in circle
legend in square: al-malik/al-ashraf
Balog Mamluk Sultans 464
[$7, reduced to $6]
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 [$39, reduced to $27]
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, reduced to $27]
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