LOT 3257
Anastasius AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 491-518.
Constantinople mint. 3rd officina. Small module. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Large K; cross to left, Γ to right, star above and below. DOC 21; MIB 32; SB 24. Very Fine.(4.60gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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Anastasius AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 491-518.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Constantinople mint. 3rd officina. Small module. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Large K; cross to left, Γ to right, star above and below. DOC 21; MIB 32; SB 24. 4.60gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London. -
Michael III "the Drunkard", with Basil I AE Follis. AD 842-867.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Constantinopolis mint; struck AD 866-867. ✠ MIhAЄL IMPЄRAT', bust of Michael III facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right / ✠ bASILIЧS RЄX✱, bust of Basil I facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right. SB 1693. 5.96gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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Justin II, with Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 12 (AD 576/7). Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre, respectively / Large K; ANNO to left, cross above, X II (date) to right; KYZ below. SB 373. 7.57gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
