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LOT 3094
Justin and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 10 (574/5). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
D N IVSTI-NVS P P AG, 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 X (date) across field; A below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 123; MIBE 50a; SB 372. Very Fine.(13.70gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8 (AD 589/90). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
∂ N ᙏAVRIC τIbЄR P P AV, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand, shield on left shoulder / Large M; cross above; ANNO ς II (date) across field; A below, CON in exergue. DOC 31a; MIBE 67D; SB 494. 12.22gr, 33mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Constans, as Caesar AE 18mm. AD 333-334. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
FL IVL CONSTANS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing each other, each holding spear and resting shield on ground; two standards between them; wreath in central field, TRP in exergue. RIC VII 552 (R3). 2.27gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, 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.
