LOT 3621
Justin II and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 569/70). Nicomedia mint. 1st officina.
D N IVSTINVS P P AVG, Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne, both wearing nimbus crown / Large M; cross above, A N N O Ч (date) across field; A below, NIKO in exergue. DOC 95a; MIBE 46; SB 369. Good Very Fine.(13.92gr, 32mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Group of Six [6] Byzantine and Other AE Coins. 6th-11th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various rulers. 34.46gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Anonymous AE Nummus. Time of Nicephorus III, AD 1078-1081. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Latin cross with central X and globus and two pellets at the end of each extremity; crescents to upper left and right, floral scroll below. SB 1889; DOC Class I. 5.38gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 20 (AD 601/2). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
∂ N ᙏAЧΓ CN P AЧ, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large K, cross above, ANNO XX (date) across field; R below. DOC 193.1; SB 535. 5.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
