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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Anastasius I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Struck AD 498-507. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / Large I, CON-CORD around; two pellets in fields. DOC 19d; MIBE 34a; SB 26. 1.53gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful brown patina with green highlights. Very rare variety.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
Possibly an early variety with CONCORD instead of CONCORDI. -
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine and Heraclonas AV Solidus. AD 639-641. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Heraclonas, Heraclius, and Heraclius Constantine standing facing, each wearing crown and chlamys and holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVςЧ B(?), cross potent on three steps; monogram in left field, K in right field, CONOB in exergue. DOC 45 var. (unlisted officina); MIB 52; SB 771. 4.39gr, 19mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Slight scrape to reverse.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 114, 23 November 2023, lot 1517. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine X Ducas AE Follis. AD 1059-1067. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger with pellet in each limb and empty in each quarter, pallium, and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left arm; IC XC (barred) across fields / + KΩN RACIΛЄVC O ΔOVK, bust of Constantine X facing, bearded, wearing loros and crown with cross and pendilia, cross in right hand, akakia in left. SB 1854. 8.13gr, 30mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Overstruck.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
