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Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 18 (AD 544/5). Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
1st officina. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large M, ANNO XЧIII (date) across field, cross above, A below; KYZ in exergue. MIBE 120; DOC 170a; SB 207. 21.73gr, 37mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 7h.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 529-533. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
2nd officina. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, B below, stars flanking; +THЄЧpo+ in exergue. SB 216; DOC 210b; MIB 126. 14.92gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius II Constantine AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 578-582. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
1st officina. D m TIb CONSTANT P P AVG, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large XX; cross above; NIKO A in exergue. MIBE 38; DOC 33a; SB 443. 7.40gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 586/7). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Garbled legend, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; ANNO to left, Ч to right, cross above, ƮHЄUP' in exergue. MIBE 95Ab; DOC 156; SB 532. 13.45gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 11 (AD 592-593). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
3rd officina. ∂ N mAV[...], crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANNO to left, XI (date) to right, ƮHЄUPς in exergue. MIBE 96C; DOC 163b; SB 533. 11.03gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 11 (AD 592-593). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
3rd officina. ∂ N mAVRIC N P AЧT, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANNO to left, XI (date) to right, ƮHЄUPς in exergue. MIBE 96C; DOC 163b; SB 533. 11.57gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi of Follis. Circa AD 610-630. Persian Occupation of Syria.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Two standing figures each holding cross in their right hand, cross between their heads; OHΛ to right, ΠЄT I COH to left / Large M with cross above; NNN to left, ϚII ("year 8") to right, Γ below, ONCX in exergue. Pottier 39.1; EBBC Class IV(2) 20.40. 7.82gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 4, 29 November 2018, lot 1025. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Nicephorus I, with Stauracius, AV Solidus. AD 803-811. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
• ҺICIFOROS ЬASILЄ', crowned facing bust of Nicephorus, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent and akakia / SƮAVRACIS ∂ЄSPO' Є, crowned facing bust of Stauracius, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger and akakia. Füeg 2.B.2; DOC 2a; SB 1604. 4.45gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Areas of flatness.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, circa AD 976-1065. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
✠ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; in each limb of the nimbate cross two dots; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2; SB 1818 (Class A3). 9.23gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired from Romanorum, March 2015, collector's ticket included. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 114, 23 November 2023, lot 1546. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Anglo-Saxon. Transitional/Pre-Primary Phase Pale AV Thrymsa. Circa 665/70-670/5. 'Pada' series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Diademed bust to right; legend around / PADA (in Runic), three crescents above, in beaded circle; legend around. North 154; SCBC 769. 0.96gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Alloy with 12% gold (by XRF).
Found near Rouen, France, 1950s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian collector. -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 720-735/50. Hamwic mint. Series H, type 49.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Wodan' head within pelleted border; around, seven pellet-in-annulets / Bird standing to right; pellet-in-annulet above, short cross pommée to right. Abramson 48-530; MEC 8 Series Hc; North 103; SCBC 801A. 0.86gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Found near Barbury Castle, Wiltshire, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 730-740/5. Mint in Essex or Kent. Series L, type 18.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed and draped bust to right; long cross pommée to right / Figure standing facing in crescent boat, holding cross pommée and hawk; perch to lower right. North 72; SCBC 804F. 0.77gr, 11mm, 4h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.