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Details
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.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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