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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Justinian I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 29 (AD 555/6). [...]ANVS P P A, helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large I; cross above, ANNO XXςIII (date) across field; mintmark below. DOC 260; SB 237. 3.43gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 641-668.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Constantinopolis mint. Dated RY 19 (AD 659/60). Constans II standing facing, in military attire, wearing long beard and plumet helmet, holding long cross with his right hand and placing his left on his hip; to left, [I] Θ, to right, [cross] and M / Constantine IV, Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger in right hand. DOC 82g; MIB 175; SB 1011. 3.64gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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Group of Six [6] Anonymous AE Folles. 10th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various types. 56gr total.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
