LOT 3235
Justin II and Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 565-578.
Uncertain military mint. Dated RY 4 (AD 568-569). [...]TINVS P P AVI, Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, both nimbate, enthroned facing / Large K; cross above, ANNO Δ (date) across field, TЄS below. MIBE 94; DOC 65 (Thessalonica); SB 366 (Thessalonica). Very Fine.(7.06gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3235
Justin II and Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Constantinople mint. Class A2. [✠ Є]MMA-[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 A2.40 or 51; SB 1818 (Class A3). 9.22gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). 4th officina. [...]ЧƧ P-Є, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, with short beard, holding transverse spear across body in right hand, shield in left / Large M between [ANNO] and I (date); cross above, Δ below, CON in exergue. MIB 73; DOC - (unlisted officina); SB 1366. 4.20gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier type.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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Group of Ten [10] Byzantine AE Folles. 10th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various emperors. 87gr total.
Near Fine to Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
