LOT 3725
Justin II, with Sophia AE Pentanummium or 5 Nummi. AD 565-578. Cyzicus mint.
Large Justin and Sophia monogram / Large Є; K to right. DOC 137; MIB 53; SB 375. Very Fine.(2.02gr, 14mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Heraclius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 3 (AD 612/3). Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
∂ N ҺRA[...], draped, and cuirassed bust of Heraclius facing, wearing helmet with cross and pendilia and holding globus cruciger / Large M; [cross above], A N N O II I (date) across field; B below, NIKO in exergue. Cf. DOC 155b3; MIB 174; SB 833. 13.98gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very FIne. Overstruck on an earlier follis.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Alexius II, Emperor of Trebizond AR Asper. AD 1297-1330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
ALЄZ, Alexius, holding trefoil sceptre on horseback riding to right; sigla: P to right; symbol beneath horse / O A (as monogram) ЄV-Γ-Ν, St. Eugenius, holding cruciform sceptre, on horseback riding to right; [symbol] beneath horse. Cf. Sommer (2023), p. 669, T7.6.2.; Bendall, Introduction 52; SB 2619. 2.04gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 20 (AD 601/2). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
∂ N mAUΓ CNP AVI, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, A N N O to left, X X (date) to right, Γ below and ƮHЄUP' in exergue. MIBE 96C; DOC 172b; SB 533. 10.44gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
