LOT 3638
Anonymous AE Nummus. Time of Nicephorus III, AD 1078-1081. Constantinople mint.
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Latin cross with central X and globus and two pellets at the end of each extremity; crescents to upper left and right, floral scroll below. SB 1889; DOC Class I. Near Very Fine.(5.38gr, 25mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 26 (AD 552/3). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVI, 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 X X ЧI (date) across field, cross above, A below; KYZ in exergue. DOC 178a; MIBE 120; SB 207. 17.42gr, 36mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Tiberius II Constantine AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. Struck AD 579-582. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
O ᙏ TIb CONT P, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large Ч. DOC 22; MIBE 33B; SB 438. 2.22gr, 15mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Theophilus AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 831-842. Syracuse mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΘЄOFILOS bASI, crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger / Large M; cross above, XXX to left, NNN to right, Θ below. BCI 880; DOC 30; Spahr 432; SB 1681. 2.80gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
