LOT 3924
Justin II and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Nicomedia mint. 1st officina.
∂ N IVSTI-NVS P P AVC, Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre; cross(?) between / Large M; cross above; ANNO X (date) across field; A below, NIKO in exergue. DOC I 100a; SB 369. Very Fine.(13.36gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine X Ducas AE Follis. AD 1059-1067. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[+ ЄMMA]-NOVVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with pellet in each limb and empty in each quarter, pallium, and colobium, His right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in His left arm; IC XC (barred) across fields / [+ KΩN] RACIΛЄVC O ΔOVK, bust of Constantine X facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, globus cruciger in right hand, akakia in left. DOC 9; SB 1854. 6.26gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX AR Basilikon. Struck AD 1304-1320 (or later). Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
KVPIE BOHΘЄI, IC XC, Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / AVTOKPATOPЄC PധMAIധN, Andronicus II and Michael IX standing facing, together holding ornate labarum set on bifurcated base between them. DOC 509-11; SB 2402. 2.11gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
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Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 582-602. Constantinople mint. Dated RY 4 (AD 585/6). 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N ᙏAVRIC τIbЄR P P AV, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand, shield on left shoulder / Large M; cross above; ANNO II II (date) across field; Є below, CON in exergue. DOC 27e.2; SB 494. 13.29gr, 30mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
