LOT 3231
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 565-578.
Nicomedia mint. Dated RY 9 (AD 573/4). 2nd officina. [...]-NVI P P AVG (AV ligate), nimbate figures of Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne / Large M; cross above, ANNO ςI II (date) across field; B below, NIKO in exergue. DOC 99c; MIBE 46a; SB 369. Very Fine.(11.63gr, 28mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain military mint. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Nimbate imperial couple seated facing on double throne / Large M; ANNO to left; X (date) to right, cross above, A below, KYZ in exergue; cross between heads. MIBE 90b; DOC 123 (Cyzicus); SB 372 (Cyzicus). 9.25gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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Group of Ten [10] Byzantine AE Coins. Circa 7th-12th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various emperors. 38.62gr total.
Near Very Fine to Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Constantinople mint. Class A2. ✠ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; in each limb of the nimbate cross X with dots; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.41; SB 1818 (Class A3). 10.27gr, 29mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
