LOT 3259
Constantine VI and Irene AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 780-797.
Constantinople mint; struck AD 792-797. Crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, set on horizontal bar; cross to right, pellets flanking; below, large M flanked by X - N; A below. DOC 7; SB 1598. Very Fine.(1.49gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Tiberius II Constantine AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 578-582.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Antioch (Theoupolis) mint. Dated RY 8 (AD 581/2). [...]IЄRIT-S P RI, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa with right hand and eagle-tipped sceptre with left / Large X; cross above; ANNO III Ч (date) across field; R below. DOC -; MIBE 59b var. (unlisted date configuration); SB 457 var. (same). 2.31gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare variety with this date configuration.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain military mint. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Nimbate imperial couple seated facing on double throne / Large M; ANNO to left; X (date) to right, cross above, A below, KYZ in exergue; cross between heads. MIBE 90b; DOC 123 (Cyzicus); SB 372 (Cyzicus). 9.25gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Tiberius II Constantine AE 40 Nummi of Follis. AD 578-582.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Antioch (Theoupolis) mint. Dated RY 6 (AD 579-580). [...]TΛΤΝS ΤΛΙΤΑ Ρ Ρ ΙV, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in right hand and eagle-tipped sceptre in left / Large ᙏ, cross above, ANNO ς (date) across field, τHЄЧP' below. DOC 41; MIBE 47; SB 448. 13.94gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
