LOT 3236
Justin II and Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 565-578.
Uncertain military(?) mint. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). D N IVSTIN[...], Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne / Large K; ANNO X (date) across field, cross above; KYZ below. MIBE 93a. Very Fine.(3.78gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Justin II and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain military mint. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). 1st officina. Illegible inscription, Justin II, holding globus cruciger in his right hand, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre in her right hand, seated facing on double throne / Large M, ANNO X (date) across field, cross above, A below, KYZ in exergue. MIBE 90a; DOC 123 (Cyzicus); Sear 372 (Cyzicus). 10.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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Group of Six [6] Byzantine AE Coins. 6th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various emperors. 60gr total.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Constantinople mint. Class A2. ✠ 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; square in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field. DOC A2.47; SB 1813. 6.42gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
