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LOT 3261
Justin II, with Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 565-578.
Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 12 (AD 576/7). Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre, respectively / Large K; ANNO to left, cross above, X II (date) to right; KYZ below. SB 373. Good Very Fine.(7.57gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3261
Justin II, with Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Heraclius, with Martina and Heraclius Constantine, AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 610-641.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Uncertain mint in Cyprus (perhaps Constantia). Dated RY 19 (AD 628/9). Heraclius between Martina, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, each standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger in their left hands; two small crosses across upper fields / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANN to left, X IЧ II I (date) in four lines to right, KYΠP below. SB 849 var. (no small crosses on obverse; arrangement of date); MIB 198 var. (same); DOC 184 var. (arrangement of date). 3.51gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 2h. Exceedingly rare variant and apparently unique.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
St. Eugenius seated on horseback to right, holding long cross in his right hand and reins in his left; NI to upper right; pellet beneath horse's head / Alexius II on horseback to right, holding lis-tipped sceptre; uncertain legend behind, M before; pellet beneath horse's head. SB 2619; S. Bendall, An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond 52; Retowski -. 1.91gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Pierced. Apparently unpublished variant with these sigla.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Justinian I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 25 (AD 551/2). d N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AV, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large I; cross above, A N N O X X Ч (date) across field; THЧП in exergue. DOC 256.1; MIBE 158; SB 237. 4.86gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London.
