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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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, circa AD 976-1065. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[✠ 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; in each limb of the nimbate cross crescent; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧ[S] XRISTЧ[S] ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. Cf. DOC III.2 A45; SB 1818 (Class A3). 5.89gr, 26mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine AE Amulet. 2nd millennium AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Stylised nimbate bust of the Virgin orans with Christ on her breast / Blank. 5.27gr, 26mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anastasius I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 491-518. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
D N ANASTASIVS P F A(?), diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CON-CORDI, large I, pellets to right and left. DOC 19e; SB 26. 1.43gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
