LOT 4240
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 9 (AD 573/4). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
[...] NVS P P [...], Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre / Large M; Chi-Rho above; A N N O GI II (date) in left and right fields; Γ below, CON in exergue. DOC I 37c; SB 360. Near Very Fine.(15.20gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4240
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis.
Estimate £20 - 40€23 - 46 (for guidance only)$27 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Byzantine Iconographic PB Seal. Circa 6th-7th century AD.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Bust of the Virgin facing, holding infant Christ, in fields left and right, cross / Cruciform monogram. 7.97gr, 21mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Leo VI the Wise, with Alexander AE Follis. AD 886-912. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
✠ LЄOҺ S ALЄΞΑҺδROS, Leo VI, on the left, and Alexander, on the right, seated facing on double throne, each wearing crown and loros, and holding between them labarum / ✠ LЄOҺ S ALЄΞΑҺδROS bASIL' ROmЄOҺ in four lines. DOC 6; SB 1730. 8.47gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 9 (AD 573/4). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £20 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[...] NVS P P [...], Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre / Large M; Chi-Rho above; A N N O GI II (date) in left and right fields; Γ below, CON in exergue. DOC I 37c; SB 360. 15.20gr, 31mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
