Medieval Coins

COA given with each qualifying coin and artifact.

Byzantine Empire- 913 - 959 AD - Constantine VII with Zoe Constantine Mint. 

Size: 24.37mm, 4.73g. 

OBV: Constantine and Zoe flanking a patriarchal cross

REV: 5 lines of inscription.

Very Fine

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. Æ Follis (23.12 gm, 6h). 

OBV: IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / 

REV: Large M; cross above, ANNO X/U across field; •B•/KYZ. Cf. DOC I 167b; 

MIB I 120b; SB 207. EF, dark brown patina, huge flan

Cyzicus mint. 


Alexius III, 1195 - 1203

Billon aspron trachy nomisma,

Constantinople mint, 

weight 2.833g, maximum diameter 26.5mm, 

OBV: IC - XC, beardless nimbate bust of Christ, wearing pallium and 

colobium, raising right in benediction, scroll in left; 

REV: Alexius on left, 

St Constantine bearded and nimbate on right, holding globus cruciger between them.