LOT 3233
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 565-578.
Nicomedia mint. Dated RY 10 (574/5). 1st officina. O N IVSTI-NVS P P AV(ligate), Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre, respectively / Large M; cross above, ANNO X (date) across field; A below, NIKO in exergue. DOC 100b; MIBE 46a; SB 369. Very Fine.(11.80gr, 29mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, collection.
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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Romanus III Argyrus, AD 1028-1034.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Constantinople mint. Class B. + ЄMMA-[NOV]HΛ around, IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ Pantokrator facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of Gospels / Large cross pommée set upon two steps; IS XS bAS-ILЄ bAS-ILЄ to left and right above and beneath cross. DOC Class B; SB 1823. 11.62gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier Anonymous Class A3 Follis (SB 1818).
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Six [6] Byzantine AE Coins. 5th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Various emperors. 58gr total.
Very Fine to Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Seventeen [17] Byzantine AE Coins. 6th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Various emperors. 109gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
