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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Justin and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 12 (576/7). Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[...]-ΝVS P P A, nimbate figures of Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne; cross above / Large M; cross above; A N N O X II (date) across field; B below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 125b.1-2; SB 372. 14.55gr, 30mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Basil I 'the Macedonian' AE 14mm. AD 879-886. Cherson mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Cross floriate on steps; pellets flanking / Large B on exergual line; pellets flanking. DOC 20b; Anokhin 377-382; SB 1719. 1.84gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near 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): £20
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. 5.62gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
