LOT 3624
Justin II AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 565-578. Cyzicus mint.
Monogram / Large Є; K to right. DOC 137; MIB 53; SB 375. Very Fine.(1.38gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 569/570). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DN IVSTI-NVS P P AVI, Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre / Large M; staurogram above, ANNO Ч (date) across fields, A below, CON in exergue. SB 360. 14.52gr, 32mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Apparently overstruck.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Justin and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 9 (573/4). Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N IVSTINVƧ P P AV, Nimbate figures of Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne; Christogram above / Large M; cross above; A N N O ς III (date) across field; B below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 122d; MIBE 50c; SB 372. 13.99gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Well-centred example in a lovely green patina with brown highlights.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 20 (AD 601/2). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
∂ N ᙏAЧΓ CN P AЧ, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large K, cross above, ANNO XX (date) across field; R below. DOC 193.1; SB 535. 5.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
