LOT 3623
Justin II and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Nicomedia mint. 1st officina.
Contemporary imitation(?). ∂ Ͷ IVSTI-NVI P P VVC, Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding long cross and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre; cross between / Large M; cross above; ANNO X (date) across field; A below, NIKO in exergue. Cf. DOC I 100a (Justin holds globus cruciger); cf. SB 369 (same). Very Fine.(10.20gr, 27mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Theophilus AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 831-842. Syracuse mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΘЄOFILOS bASI, crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger / Large M; cross above, XXX to left, NNN to right, Θ below. BCI 880; DOC 30; Spahr 432; SB 1681. 2.80gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Constans II AE 40 Nummis or Follis. Struck AD 641-644. Syracuse mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IҺPЄR COҺSτ, crowned facing bust, beardless, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger / Large ᙏ; A N A and N Є O s across field; SCs in exergue; cross to left. DOC 9d (Heraclonas); MIB 204a-c; SB 1103. 4.49gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Dated RY 8 (AD 589/90). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
O ᙏ TIUC TA ꟼ P P, crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in right hand and eagle-tipped sceptre with left / Large I surmounted by cross, ANNO Ч III (date) across field; τHEUP in exergue. SB 537. 2.36gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
