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LOT 3109
Constantine V, with Leo III and Leo IV AE Half Nummus. Struck AD 751-775. Syracuse mint.
Crowned bust of Leo facing, wearing loros, holding cross potent on base, cross to left; Λ in exergue / Crowned and draped busts of Constantine and Leo IV facing, wearing chlamys, cross above, CIK´Λ (or NKA) in exergue. DOC 20 (cross not mentioned); SB 1569A (same). Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.(1.76gr, 16mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Justin II and Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Thessalonica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
D N IVSTI-NVS P P AVG, Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne, both wearing nimbus crown / Large K; cross and ΘC above, date across field; TЄS below. DOC 78; MIBE 70e; SB 366. 5.68gr, 24mm, 11h.
Good 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 14 (AD 595/6). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd officina
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
∂ N mAVΓ-CN P AVI, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANNO to left, X IIII (date) to right, ƮHЄUP' in exergue. DOC 166b; SB 533. 11.36gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 529-533. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
∂ N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, Justinian enthroned facing, holding long sceptre in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left / Large M between star and crescent; above, cross; below, Δ; in exergue, ⧾ τHEЧP. DOC 206d; MIB 130; SB 214. 17.06gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
