LOT 3260
Justinian I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 527-565.
Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 25 (AD 551/2). d N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AV, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large I; cross above, A N N O X X Ч (date) across field; THЧП in exergue. DOC 256.1; MIBE 158; SB 237. Very Fine.(4.86gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceUK private collection before 2000.
Acquired on the UK art market.
Private collection, London.
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Justin II, with Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 12 (AD 576/7). Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre, respectively / Large K; ANNO to left, cross above, X II (date) to right; KYZ below. SB 373. 7.57gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Heraclius, with Martina and Heraclius Constantine, AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 610-641.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Uncertain mint in Cyprus (perhaps Constantia). Dated RY 19 (AD 628/9). Heraclius between Martina, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, on right, each standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys, and holding globus cruciger in their left hands; two small crosses across upper fields / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANN to left, X IЧ II I (date) in four lines to right, KYΠP below. SB 849 var. (no small crosses on obverse; arrangement of date); MIB 198 var. (same); DOC 184 var. (arrangement of date). 3.51gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 2h. Exceedingly rare variant and apparently unique.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Michael III "the Drunkard", with Basil I AE Follis. AD 842-867.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Constantinopolis mint; struck AD 866-867. ✠ MIhAЄL IMPЄRAT', bust of Michael III facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right / ✠ bASILIЧS RЄX✱, bust of Basil I facing, wearing crown surmounted with cross and chlamys, holding akakia in his left hand and globus cruciger in his right. SB 1693. 5.96gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
