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Details
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.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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