Catalog - SINCONA Auction 37

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Solidus 695/698. Officina A.
Obv. D LЄO - N PЄ AV Crowned bust in loros facing, in r. hand akakia, in l. hand globus cruciger.
Rev. VICTORIA - AVSЧ A Cross potent on three steps. CONOB below.
Sear 1330. DOC 1A. MIB 1.
4,47 g. Uncirculated.
Purchased from Münzen & Medaillen AG, Basel..

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Solidus 695/698. Officina Θ.
Obv. D LЄO - N PЄ AV Crowned bust in loros facing, in r. hand akakia, in l. hand globus cruciger.
Rev. VICTORIA - AVÇSЧ Θ Cross potent on three steps. CONOB below.
S. 1330. DOC 1h. MIB 1..
4,31 g. Uncirculated.
Ex Auction Münzzentrum 152, 2009, Lot 813.
Ex Auction Bankhaus Aufhäuser 7. Munich 1990. Lot 880.

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Tremissis 695-698.
Obv. (D) LЄO - N P(Є AG) Crowned bust in loros facing, in l. hand akakia, in r. hand globus cruciger.
Rev. VICTORIA - AVSЧS Cross potent. CONOB below.
DOC 4. MIB 5. S. 1333.
1,43 g. Very rare. Good portrait. Almost extremely fine.
Purchased from Fortuna Galleries New York July 1976.

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Ae-Follis 695-698. Officina Δ.
Sear 1334. DOC 7 (officina not listed). MIB 32.
4.01 g. Very rare. About very fine.
Purchased from Baldwin´s, London, in May 1974.

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Ae-half follis 695-697. Officina A.
Sear 1335. DOC 8. MIB 33.
5.32 g. Rare. Green patina. About very fine.
Purchased from Baldwin´s, London, in May 1975.

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Solidus 698-705. Officina B.
Obv. D TIbЄRI - ЧS PЄ - AV Crowned cuirassed bust facing. Spear in r. hand held diagonally in front of chest; shield with horseman device on l. shoulder.
Rev. VICTORIA - AVSЧ H Cross potent on three steps. CONOB below.
Sear 1360. DOC 1g. MIB 1.
4.30 g. Splendid specimen. Brilliant uncirculated.
Purchased from Weber, Cologne, in February 1971..

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Semissis 698/705.
Obv. d TIBЄRI - ЧS PЄ - AV Crowned cuirassed bust facing. Spear in r. hand held diagonally in front of chest; shield with horseman device on l. shoulder.
Rev. VICTOR(IA) AVÇЧS Cross potent on globus.
DOC 3. MIB 7. S. 1362.
2,19 g. Rare. Partially weak strike. Light scratches on rev. Extremely fine-about extremely fine.
Ex Auction SINCONA 3. Zurich, October 2011. Lot 3388.
Ex Auction Numismatica Ars Classica 29 Zurich. May 11, 2005. Lot 703.

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Tremissis 698/705.
Obv. d TIBЄRI - ЧS PЄ - AV Crowned cuirassed bust facing. Spear in r. hand held diagonally in front of chest; shield with horseman device on l. shoulder.
Rev. VICTORIA AVSЧS Cross potent. CONOB below.
Sear 1363. DOC 4. MIB 8.
1,30 g. Rare. Very fine.
Purchased from Fortuna Galleries, New York in July 1976.

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Tremissis 698/705.
Obv. (d TIBЄRI) - ЧS PЄ - (AV) Crowned cuirassed bust facing. Spear in r. hand held diagonally in front of chest; shield with horseman device on l. shoulder.
Rev. VICTORIA AVSЧS Cross potent. CONOB below.
Sear 1363. DOC 4. MIB 8.
1,38 g. Rare. Flattening on rim. About extremely fine.
Ex Auction NAC 75. Zurich 2013. Lot 652.

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Ae-Follis 701/702.
Sear 1367. DOC 11. MIB 74.
4.28 g. Rare. Brown patina. About very fine.
Purchased from Münzzentrum Solingen in April 1992.

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Solidus 698-705.
Obv. D TIbЄRI - ЧS PЄ - AV Crowned cuirassed bust facing. Spear in r. hand held diagonally in front of chest; shield with horseman device on l. shoulder.ддддддRev. VICTORIA - AVS Cross potent on three steps. M with dot above in l. field. CONOB below.
Sear 1400. DOC 37 var. MIB 60b.
4.17 g. Very rare. Planchet fault. Good very fine.
Ex Auction Auctiones AG 26. Basel 1996. Lot 1273.

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Tremissis 698-705.
Obv. D TIB - ER - I Crowned bust in cuirass facing, Holding spear in r. hand verically in front of chest; shield with horseman device on l. shoulder.
Rev. VICTA - AVS° Cross potent. M in l. field. CONOB below.
Sear 1403. DOC 40. MIB 64a.
1,41 g. Very rare. Some flattening. Good very fine.
Purchased from H. Winter, Düsseldorf in May 1978.

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½ Tremissis (1/6 Solidus) 698-705.
Obv. D TIb(E)RI Crowned bust in cuirass facing, Holding spear in r. hand verically in front of chest; shield with horseman device on l. shoulder.
Rev. VICTI - (AV)S Cross potent. M in l. field. CONOB below.
Sear -. DOC -. MIB -. Unpublished.
0.60 g. Of highest rarity. Perhaps unique. Small graffito on rev. Extremely fine.
Ex Auction Frank Sternberg . Zurich, 28. 11. 1984. Lot 678.
It is somewhat remarkable that neither Sear nor Hahn took this coin into account when compiling their works in Byzantine numismatics. This coin is mentioned by Grierso 1982, p. 143 and published in Numismatic Circular IXXXVI (1978), 4.

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Solidus 705/711.
Obv. d N IhS ChS RЄX RЄ(GNANTI)ЧM Bust of Christ facing, with curly hair and short beard. He wears 1pallium and colobium and raises r. hand in benediction, book of Gospels in l. hand.
Rev. D (retrograde) N IЧS - TINIA - NЧS MЧLTЧS AN´ Crowned bust facing wearing loros; in r. hand cross potent on three steps, in l. hand patriarchal cross on globus inscribed PAX.
Sear 1413. DOC 1. MIB 1.
4.28 g. Slight bend. Extremely fine-very fine.
Purchased from Baldwin´s, London in June 1976.

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Solidus 705/711.
Obv. d N IhS ChS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM Bust of Christ facing, with curly hair and short beard. He wears pallium and colobium and raises r. hand in benediction, book of Gospels in l. hand.
Rev. D(retrograd) N IЧSTINIAN - ЧS ЄT TIbЄRIЧS PP A´ Crowned half-length figures of Justinianus II on l. and almost equal size figure of Tiberius on r. Both wearing divitision and chlamys, jointly holding with their r. hands a cross potent on two steps.
Sear 1415. DOC 2b. MIB 2b.
4,45 g. Virtually as struck. Brilliant uncirculated.
Purchased from Frankfurter Münzhandlung E. Button, Frankfurt a. M., in January 1971.

This lot has been withdrawn.

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Tremissis 705/711.
Obv.(ƒ N IhS (ChS RЄX RЄGNANTIЧM) Bust of Christ facing. Cross behind his head. In his l. hand Book of Gospels, his r. hand raised in benediction. He has curly hair and a close cut beard and wears pallium and colobium.
Rev. (D (retrograde) N IЧS - TINIA) - NЧS MЧ)LTЧS AN´ Crowned bust facing wearing loros; in r. hand cross potent on base, in l. hand patriarchal cross on globus inscribed PAX.
Sear 1419. DOC 5. MIB 5.
1,35 g. Rare. Uncirculated.
Purchased from Baldwin´s London in June 1980.

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Solidus 708/709, Syracuse. Indictional year Z.
Obv. D I×STI - NI×PP Crowned bust in chlamys facing. Globus cruciger in r. hand.
Rev. VICTORIA - AVζ×Θ° Cross potent on three steps. Z in r. field. CONOB below.
Sear 1283 (1st Reign). DOC 42 (1st Reign). MIB 14.
4.13 g. Very rare. Slight bend. Almost extremely fine.
Purchased from Münzen & Medaillen AG, Basel in May 1971.

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Solidus 711/713. Officina A.
Obv. D(retrograde) N FILЄPCЧS - MЧL - TЧS AN Crowned bust facing, wearing loros and holding globus cruciger in r. hand as well as eagle tipped sceptre in l. hand.
Rev. VICTORIA - AVÇЧ A Cross potent on three steps. CONOB below.
DOC 1b. MIB 1. S. 1447.
4.34 g. Rare. Slight bend. Otherwise virtually as struck. Brilliant uncirculated.
Purchased from Bank Leu, Zurich, in May 1971.