LOT 3618
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 569/570). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
DN IVSTI-NVS P P AVI, Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre / Large M; staurogram above, ANNO Ч (date) across fields, A below, CON in exergue. SB 360. Very Fine. Apparently overstruck.(14.52gr, 32mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Constantinople mint, 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
O M IVST-NVS P P AVG, Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne / Large M; cross above, A N N O to left, X (date) to right; Γ below, CON in exergue. DOC 38c; SB 360. 13.47gr, 28mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Justin II AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 565-578. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Monogram / Large Є; K to right. DOC 137; MIB 53; SB 375. 1.38gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 582-602. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Monogram / Large Ч with pellet in centre; cross above. DOC -; MIBE 104; SB 540. 1.55gr, 14mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
