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LOT 3297
Group of Six [6] Byzantine AE Folles. 6th-10th century AD.
Various emperors. Near Fine to Very Fine.(80gr total.). [6]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). 1st officina. [...] T[...]IЧƧ PЄ AV, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, with short beard, holding transverse spear across body in right hand, shield in left / Large M between [ANNO] and I (date) between pellets; cross above, A below, [CON] in exergue. MIB 73; DOC 7; SB 1366. 5.45gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier type.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Constantinople mint; struck circa AD 527-538. 4th officina. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, stars flanking; Δ below, CON in exergue. DOC 30f; MIBE 83; SB 160. 17.23gr, 31mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Justinian I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 29 (AD 555/6). [...]ANVS P P A, 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 I; cross above, ANNO XXςIII (date) across field; mintmark below. DOC 260; SB 237. 3.43gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
