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LOT 3093
Justin and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8 (AD 572/3). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
∂ N IЧSTIN-VS P P S 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 50b; SB 372. Near Extremely Fine.(12.51gr, 30mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Justin I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 518-527. Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N IVSTI-NVS P P [...], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, six-rayed star and cross flanking; A below, CON in exergue. DOC 9a; MIBE 12; SB 63. 15.97gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 610-641. Possibly Constantinople mint. Uncertain regnal year. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Heraclius, holding long cross, and Heraclius Constantine, holding globus cruciger, standing facing; monogram to left / Large M; uncertain date across field; countermark in incuse circle below. Cf. SB 810. 7.60gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Anonymous AE Follis. Time of Constantine IX, circa AD 1042-1055. Constantinopolis mint. Class D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IC to left, XC to right of Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne with back / IS XS bASILЄ bASIL in three lines, cross between two lines above, crescent between two lines below. DOC Class D; SB 1836. 8.34gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
