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LOT 3225
Justinian I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 527-565.
Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 29 (AD 555/6). [...]ANVS P P A, helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large I; cross above, ANNO XXςIII (date) across field; mintmark below. DOC 260; SB 237. Good Very Fine.(3.43gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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