LOT 3635
Constans II AE 40 Nummis or Follis. Struck AD 641-644. Syracuse mint.
IҺPЄR COҺSτ, crowned facing bust, beardless, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger / Large ᙏ; A N A and N Є O s across field; SCs in exergue; cross to left. DOC 9d (Heraclonas); MIB 204a-c; SB 1103. Very Fine.(4.49gr, 20mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 569/570). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DN IVSTI-NVS P P AVI, Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre / Large M; staurogram above, ANNO Ч (date) across fields, A below, CON in exergue. SB 360. 14.52gr, 32mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Apparently overstruck.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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. -
Heraclius, with Martina and Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 6 (AD 615/6). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine, and Martina standing facing, each holding globus cruciger; two crosses between / Large M; cross above, ANNO ς (date) across field; A below, CON in exergue. DOC 89a var. (unlisted officina); SB 806. 9.77gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
