LOT 3724
Justin and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 11 (AD 575/6). Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
D N IVSTINVS P P A, Justin II, holding globus cruciger in his right hand, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre in her right hand, seated facing on double throne, cross above / Large M between A N N O and X I (date); above, cross; below, B; in exergue, KYZ. DOC 124b; MIB 50; SB 372. Very Fine.(13.52gr, 28mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ALЄZ, Alexius, holding trefoil sceptre on horseback riding to right; sigla: P to right; symbol beneath horse / O A (as monogram) ЄV-Γ-Ν, St. Eugenius, holding cruciform sceptre, on horseback riding to right; [symbol] beneath horse. Cf. Sommer (2023), p. 669, T7.6.2.; Bendall, Introduction 52; SB 2619. 2.04gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Leo V the Armenian AE Follis. AD 813-820. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
LЄOҺ ЬASIL, crowned and draped facing bust, holding cross potent and akakia / Large M; XXX NNN across field, cross above, A below. SB 1629. 5.44gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Manuel I Comnenus, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. 1238-1263.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
St. Eugenius standing facing, holding long cross / Crowned facing figure of Manuel, holding labarum and akakia; manus Dei to upper right. Retowski 43; S. Bendall, An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond, 20; SB 2602. 2.83gr, 22mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
