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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Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AV Solidus. Circa AD 616-625. Constantinople mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
∂∂ NN ҺЄRACLIUS Єτ ҺЄRA CONSτ P P A, crowned, draped and short-bearded bust of Heraclius facing, on the left; crowned and draped bust of Heraclius Constantine facing, with slight beard and moustache, on the right; above, cross / VICTORIA AVGЧ Δ, cross potent on base and three steps; I to right, CONOB below. DOC 14b; MIB 14; SB 739. 4.39gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 569/570). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DN IVSTI-NVS P P AVI, Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre / Large M; staurogram above, ANNO Ч (date) across fields, A below, CON in exergue. SB 360. 14.52gr, 32mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Apparently overstruck.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi of Follis. Dated RY 12 (AD 576/7). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint, 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...]UΛCVC, Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, each holding sceptre and holding globus surmounted by long cross between / Large M; A N N O to left, cross above; to right, X II (date); Γ below; τHЄUP’ in exergue. DOC 159; SB 379. 14.93gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
