LOT 3920
Justinian I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Dated RY 25 (AD 551/2). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Class D.
D N IVSTI-[...]NVS P P AI, 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; τHЧΠ' in exergue. DOC 256; SB 236. Good Very Fine.(4.65gr, 22mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Uncertain military mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Nimbate imperial couple seated facing on double throne / Large M; ANNO to left; X (date) to right, cross above, A below, KYZ in exergue. MIBE 90b; DOC 123 (Cyzicus); SB 372 (Cyzicus). 10.03gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Alexius I, circa AD 1085-1092. Constantinople mint. Class K.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; all inside border of large dots / M Θ, half-length facing figure of the Theotokos, orans; all inside border of large dots. DOC K; SB 1901. 5.96gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anastasius I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 512-517. Constantinople mint. 1st (?) officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, stars flanking; A(?) below, CON in exergue. Cf. DOC 23d; MIBE 27; SB 19. 17.11gr, 36mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
