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Manuel I 1143-1180 A.D. Tetarteron VF -- #AC80153
AE Tetarteron 22mm. 4.90g. Thessalonica Mint Bust of St. George facing, nimbate, holding spear and shield.
Bust facing, wearing crown, holding labarum and globus cruciger.
MANWHL DECPOT SB 1975 VF. Brown patina. Attractive, with sharp details. Typical light roughness.
 
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$ 85.00
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Manuel I, Comnenus 1143-1180 A.D. Aspron Trachy Good VF -- #AC84143
Bi Aspron Trachy 26mm. 3.07g. Constantinople Mint 1167-1180 A.D. Christ, bearded, seated facing on throne without back, wearing nimbus; IC-XC across fields; star to l. and r.
Virgin, nimbate, on r., crowning Manuel, on l., both standing facing.
MANWHL DESPOT SB 1966 Good VF. Brown patina with much lustre. Sharp reverse. Some minor green adhesions.
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$ 40.00
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Isaac II, Angelus 1185-1195 A.D. Aspron Trachy VF -- #AC105851
Bi Aspron Trachy 27mm. 2.51g. Constantinople Mint First reign Virgin Mary, nimbate, seated facing on square-backed throne, wearing pallium and maphorium, holding with both hands nimbate head of the infant Christ; MHP-QV across fields.
Isaac standing facing, wearing crown, holding cruciform sceptre and akakia, crowned by manus Dei in upper r.; to l., I/CAA/KI/OC, to r., DEC/PO/TH/C
SB 2003 VF. Brown patina. Uneven strike, as typical. Some roughness.
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$ 38.00
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Alexius III 1195-1203 A.D. Aspron Trachy VF -- #AC105850
Bi Aspron Trachy 30mm. 3.86g. Constantinople Mint Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr., pallium and colobium, raising r. hand in benediction and holding scroll in l.; IC-XC across fields.
+KE ROHQEI Alexius and St. Constantine standing facing, holding between them globus cruciger, each wearing crown and holding labarum.
ALESI[W DECP O KWNTANTI] SB 2012 VF. Dark patina. More legend visible than usual examples. Uneven strike, as typical.
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$ 45.00
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Alexius III, Angelus-Comnenus 1195-1203 A.D. Aspron Trachy VF -- #AC84141
Bi Aspron Trachy 26mm. 3.26g. Constantinople Mint 1195-1197 A.D. Bust of Christ facing, beardless, wearing nimbus and raising r. hand in benediction; IC-XC across fields.
+KE ROHQEI Alexius, on l., and St. Constantine, on r., bearded and nimbate, both standing facing holding globus cruciger between, each holding labarum.
ALEXIW DESP O KWNcTANTI SB 2012 VF. Brown patina. Sharp reverse details. Strongly double struck resulting in obscured details.
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$ 25.00
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Michael VIII, Palaeologus 1261-1282 Brockage Trachy -- #AC66899
AE Brockage Trachy 24mm. 1.04g. Thessalonica mint. Incuse of reverse
Michael standing facing, holding two patriarchal crosses
Cf. SB 2315 . brown patina, partial flan. Interesting error
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$ 55.00
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Michael VIII, Palaeologus 1261-1282 Trachy -- #AC66898
AE Trachy 24mm. 1.72g. Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Virgin facing, orans
Michael and St. George standing facing, holding between them a labarum
DOC 65-5; SB 2264 . dark green patina
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$ 95.00
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Andronicus II and Michael IX 1282-1328 A.D. Assarion VF -- #AC108729
AE Assarion 20mm. 1.45g. Constantinople Mint Induction year 15 (1301/2 A.D.) Figures of Andronicus l. and Michael r., holding labarum between them; blundered legend around.
AVTOKRATOREC RWMAIWN Large NIE (date).
SB 2446 VF. Quite scarce. Brown patina with some verdigris. Some sharp details. Unevenly struck, as typical. 
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$ 95.00
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ca. 5th-9th Centuries A.D. 1/4 Ounkia (Uncia) weight VF -- #AC108711
Pb 1/4 Ounkia (Uncia) weight 14mm. 6.99g. Chi-Rho (Christogram) in dots.
Blank.
VF. Mottled gray and red-brown patina. A few tiny edge and corner rubs revealing silvery metal. Square lead balance weight, made not in a coin weight standard but at the weight of 1/4 ounkia (uncia) and thus likely not used to balance coins but to weigh commodities.
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$ 65.00
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Latin Rulers of Constantinople 1204-1261 A.D. Trachy VF -- #AC94049
Bi Trachy 25mm. 2.50g. Constantinople Mint The Virgin Mary enthroned facing, holding head of Christ.
Emperor enthroned facing, holding cruciform scepter and akakia.
SB 2023 VF. Brown patina. Typical poor manufacture. Slightly rough/porous surfaces.
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$ 30.00
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Latin Rulers of Constantinople 1204-1261 A.D. Trachy VF -- #AC94048
Bi Trachy 20mm. 1.00g. Constantinople Mint Facing bust of beardless Christ Pantokrator, IC-XC across fields.
Half-length figure of emperor facing, holding cross-tipped scepter and globus cruciger
[MANOUHL DESPOTHS] SB 2024 VF. Dark green patina. Typical crude production and light porosity. Reduced size.
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$ 40.00
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Michael III 'the Drunkard' 842-867 A.D. Follis VF -- #AC108709
AE Follis 17mm. 1.90g. Syracuse Mint Facing bust, wearing crown and loros, holding cross potent.
mIXAHl Large M, cross above, (theta) beneath.
SB 1698 VF. Dark brown patina with tan fill. Much scarcer variant with MIXAHL ending in a Greek lambda instead of a Latin 'L' (SB 1697).
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$ 175.00
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Judaea Herodians Agrippa I 37-44 B.C. Prutah Fine -- #AC106894
AE Prutah 17mm. 2.55g. Jerusalem mint Year 6 (41/42 B.C.) Umbrella-like canopy with fringes.
BASILEWS AGRIPA Three ears of barley and leaves, L-S (date) to either side.
Hendin 6274 Fine. Brown patina. Minor roughness. Red adhesions obscure the obverse.
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$ 35.00
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Judaea Herodian Dynasty Agrippa I 37-44 CE Prutah Fine -- #AC79965
AE Prutah 18mm. 2.60g. Jerusalem Mint Year 6 (41/2 A.D.) Umbrella-like canopy with fringes.
[BA]SILEW[S AGRIPA] Three ears of barley, Greek date [L]-S (year 6) flanking.
Hendin 1244 Fine. Dark green patina. Light roughness.
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$ 25.00
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Judaea Hasmoneans Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan) 103-76 B.C. Prutah Good Fine -- #AC99218
AE Prutah 15mm. 1.70g. Jerusalem mint Paleo-Hebrew ‘Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews’ within wreath, in classic style.
Two cornucopias splayed outward, adorned with ribbons, pomegranate (poppy?) between.
Hendin 6181 Good Fine. Dark brown patina with reddish fill. Clear and well-centered legend. Off-center reverse. Obverse appears to have been lacquered.
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$ 45.00
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Judaea Hasmoneans Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan) 103-76 B.C. Prutah Fine -- #AC99215
AE Prutah 15mm. 2.00g. Jerusalem mint Paleo-Hebrew ‘Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews’ within wreath, in block style.
Two cornucopias splayed outward, adorned with ribbons, pomegranate (poppy?) between.
Hendin 6180 Fine. Dark brown patina with tan fill. Light roughness, as typical.
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$ 32.00
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Judaea Hasmoneans Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan) 103-76 B.C. Prutah Good Fine -- #AC99210
AE Prutah 16mm. 2.10g. Jerusalem mint Paleo-Hebrew ‘Yonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews’ within wreath.
Two cornucopias splayed outward, adorned with ribbons, pomegranate (poppy?) between.
Hendin 6185a Good Fine. Dark brown patina with reddish fill. Overstruck. Slight roughness from overstrike, as expected. Hendin notes that this issue is always overstruck on Hendin 6184 (rose/anchor type). This example features several undertype effects, including visible Greek letters.
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$ 85.00
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Judaea Roman Procurators Antonius Felix, under Claudius 52-59 CE (A.D.) Prutah Fine -- #AC105939
AE Prutah 18mm. 3.12g. Jerusalem Mint Year 14 (of Claudius, 54 A.D.) Legend in four lines within wreath tied with an X.
IOU / LIA AG / RIPPI / NA Crossed palm branches, LID (date) below.
TI KLAUDIOC KAICAR GERM Hendin 6376 Fine. Dark brown patina with tan 'desert' fill. Some light roughness, as typical. Cleaning marks.
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$ 45.00
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Judaea Roman Procurators Antonius Felix, under Claudius 52-59 A.D. Prutah Near VF -- #AC87047
AE Prutah 17mm. 2.50g. Jerusalem Mint Year 14 (of Claudius, 54 A.D.) Legend within wreath tied at bottom with an X.
[I]OU / [LI]A AG / [RI]PPI / [NA] Crossed palm branches, date LID (year 14) below.
TI KLAUD[IOS KAISAR GER]M Hendin 1347 Near VF. Green patina. Off-center obverse. Some minor adhesions.
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$ 45.00
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Judaea Roman Procurators Antonius Felix, under Claudius 52-59 A.D. Prutah Good Fine -- #AC79984
AE Prutah 15mm. 1.60g. Jerusalem Mint Year 14 (of Claudius, 54 A.D.) Two oblong shields and spears crossed.
[N]ERW KLA[U KAISAR] Six-branched palm tree bearing two bunches of dates, date [L-ID/K-AI] (year 14 of Ceasar) across fields below.
BRIT Hendin 1348 Good Fine. Green patina with contrasting fill. Light roughness. Odd flan.
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$ 40.00
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