LOT 3926
Justin II and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8(?) (AD 570/1). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
O N IVSTI-NVS P P A[...], nimbate figures of Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre, respectively / Large M; cross above, date across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. Cf. SB 360. Very Fine.(13.94gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Romanus II AE 18mm. AD 959-963. Cherson mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Large cross floriate on two steps; in fields to left and right, pellet / Large monogram of PധMA. DOC 3a; SB 1775. 3.54gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Alexius I, circa AD 1085-1092. Constantinople mint. Class K.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; all inside border of large dots / M Θ, half-length facing figure of the Theotokos, orans; all inside border of large dots. DOC K; SB 1901. 5.96gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Qurus(?) (Cyrrhus) mint. Standing Caliph issue. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword, whip shown as long loop on left side; inscription around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and three steps; mint downwards to right; "full weight" upwards to left; inscription around. Cf. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, p.31, 340; cf. Album 3536 (RRR). 2.97gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
