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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Justin II and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8 (572/3). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
VNτNI[...], Justin and Sophia, each holding a sceptre, enthroned facing, both nimbate, holding large globus cruciger between them / Large M, cross above; A N N O and Ч III (date) across field; Γ below, τHЄUP´ in exergue. DOC 154; MIBE 56a; SB 379. 13.80gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 34 (AD 560/1). Constantinople mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left; cross to right / Large M, ANNO XXXIIII (date) across field, cross above, B below; CON in exergue. DOC 58b; SB 163. 18.30gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
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Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 2 (AD 583/4). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ΠΙΤΝΟC ᔕ ΛΙΤΑΝ P P IY, crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large ᙏ; cross above, ANNO II (date) across field; τHEUP' in exergue. DOC 153; MIBE 95Ab; SB 532. 13.43gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
