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LOT 3089
Justinian I AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 21 (AD 547/8). Nicomedia mint.
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVC, helmeted, diademed and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, holding globus cruciger in his right hand and with shield, decorated with horseman spearing fallen foe, over his left shoulder; to right, cross / Large K between A N N O and XX I (date); above, cross; below, NI. DOC 148; MIBE 116a1; SB 203. Very Fine.(10.65gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Anonymous AE Follis. Time of Constantine IX, circa AD 1042-1055. Constantinopolis mint. Class D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IC to left, XC to right of Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne with back / IS XS bASILЄ bASIL in three lines, cross between two lines above, crescent between two lines below. DOC Class D; SB 1836. 8.34gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anastasius I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 512-517. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N ANASTA-SIVS P P A[...], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, stars flanking; Є below, CON in exergue. DOC 23i; MIBE 27; SB 19. 17.09gr, 36mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus BI Trachy. Struck AD 1195-1197. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IC XC to left and right of nimbate bust of Christ facing, beardless, five dots in each limb of nimbus cross, right hand raised in benediction, holding scroll in left / [...], Alexius, crowned, and St Constantine, nimbate, each wearing divitision and loros, both standing facing, each holding labarum and the two holding globus cruciger between them. DOC 3a; SB 2012. 4.79gr, 31mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Tom Cederlind, Portland, OR, USA. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
