LOT 3928
Justin II AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 565-578. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Monogram of Justin II / Large Є; in field to right, cross. DOC 186; MIB 65a; SB 386. Near Very Fine.(1.35gr, 13mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Justin II and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8(?) (AD 570/1). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
O N IVSTI-NVS P P A[...], nimbate figures of Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre, respectively / Large M; cross above, date across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. Cf. SB 360. 13.94gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Justin II AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 565-578. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16
Monogram of Justin II / Large Є; in field to right, cross. DOC 186; MIB 65a; SB 386. 1.35gr, 13mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Theophilus AE Follis. Struck AD 830/1-842. Uncertain provincial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[ΘЄOFIL] ЬASIL', half-length facing figure of Theophilus, wearing loros and tufa decorated with pellets, holding labarum and globus cruciger / + ΘЄOFILЄ AVGOVSTЄ SV ҺICAS in four lines. DOC p. 441, 17; SB 1685. 6.57gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
