LOT 3232
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 565-578.
Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 5 (AD 569/570). 1st officina. [...]STI-NOS P I AV, nimbate figures of Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, each holding sceptre and cross set on globe between them / Large M; cross above, ANNO II III across field; A below, τHЄЧP’ in exergue. DOC 150a; SB 379. Very Fine.(15.74gr, 32mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Constantinople mint. Class A2. [✠ Є]MMA-[NOVHΛ], nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; two dots in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.40 or 51; SB 1818 (Class A3). 9.22gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine VI and Irene AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 780-797.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Constantinople mint; struck AD 792-797. Crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, set on horizontal bar; cross to right, pellets flanking; below, large M flanked by X - N; A below. DOC 7; SB 1598. 1.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 641-668.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Constantinopolis mint. Dated RY 19 (AD 659/60). Constans II standing facing, in military attire, wearing long beard and plumet helmet, holding long cross with his right hand and placing his left on his hip; to left, [I] Θ, to right, [cross] and M / Constantine IV, Heraclius and Tiberius standing facing, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger in right hand. DOC 82g; MIB 175; SB 1011. 3.64gr, 22mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
