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LOT 3091
Justin and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8 (572/3). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
∂ N IVSTIN-ΝS P PS AV, nimbate figures of Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne; cross above / Large M; cross above; A N N O ςII (date) across field; A below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 121a; MIBE 50c; SB 372. Very Fine.(11.96gr, 31mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Constantine V, with Leo III and Leo IV AE Half Nummus. Struck AD 751-775. Syracuse mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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). 1.76gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Anastasius I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 512-517. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
D N ANASTA-SIVS P P AV, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M, cross above; stars flanking; Є below, CON in exergue. DOC 23i; MIBE 27; SB 19. 14.52gr, 35mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck circa AD 529-533. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 1st officina. Class II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, Justinian seated facing on throne, wearing crown with pendilia and holding sceptre and globus cruciger / Large M; above, cross; to left, eight-rayed star; to right, crescent outward; A below, + THEUP in exergue. DOC 206a; MIBE 130; SB 214. 16.65gr, 32mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
