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.