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LOT 3086
Justin I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 518-527. Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
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. Good Fine.(15.97gr, 30mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Anastasius I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 512-517. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N ANASTA-SIVS P P A[...], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, stars flanking; Є below, CON in exergue. DOC 23i; MIBE 27; SB 19. 17.09gr, 36mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028. Constantinople mint. Class A2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; two dots in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.22; SB 1818 (Class A3). 16.68gr, 34mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
