20220324

BYZANTINE; Constantine VII and Zoe CE 914-919


AE Follis, 6.38 g, 26 mm, 6h.

SB 1758

O: Constantine stg on l facing, Zoe on rt facing, cross between them. +CONSTANT CE ZOHb’

R; inscription in five lines 

+Cons

tantino

CE ZOH bA

SILIS RO

MEON

RUSSIA; Romanov Dynasty; Mikhail Feodorovich CE 1613-1645


 AR Kopeck 0.46 g 13 mm, Moscow mint

O: horseman riding rt spearing, inscription MOC under horse.

R:  ЦAPb И BEЛИKИЙ KHЯЗЬ MIXAИЛ ФЕДОРОВИЧ BCEЯ PУCИ

RUSSIA; Boris Godunov CE 1598-1605


 AR Kopeck, 0.66 g 14mm, possibly minted in 1601 in Novgorod

O: horseman rt with spear

R: inscription “Tsar and Grand Duke Boris Fedorovich of all the Russias” 



20220305

BYZANTINE; Amorian Dynasty; Theophilos CE 829-842


 

AE Follis; 28 mm, 6.69 g, 6h. minted after CE 835 after a shortlived victory over the Abbasids.

SB 1667

O: three-quarter length figure facing wearing loros and crown surmounted by tufa, holding a labarum in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left.  ϴϵοfIL’ bASIL’.

R: inscription in four lines   

+ϴϵο

FILϵ AVG

OVStϵsv

nIcAs