LOT 3613
Justin I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 518-527. Antioch mint.
D N IVSTINVS P P AVGS, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, star to left, crescent turned outwards to right; uncertain letter below, ANTIX(?) in exergue. DOC -; cf. MIBE 60; SB 103. Near Very Fine. Rare.(16.97gr, 36mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Anonymous AE Nummus. Time of Nicephorus III, AD 1078-1081. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Latin cross with central X and globus and two pellets at the end of each extremity; crescents to upper left and right, floral scroll below. SB 1889; DOC Class I. 5.38gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 26 (AD 552/3). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVI, helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large M, ANNO X X ЧI (date) across field, cross above, A below; KYZ in exergue. DOC 178a; MIBE 120; SB 207. 17.42gr, 36mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 582-602. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Monogram / Large Ч with pellet in centre; cross above. DOC -; MIBE 104; SB 540. 1.55gr, 14mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
