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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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Justin and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8 (AD 572/3). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
∂ N IЧSTIN-VS P P S AV, nimbate figures of Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne; cross above / Large M; cross above; A N N O ςII (date) across field; A below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 121a; MIBE 50b; SB 372. 12.51gr, 30mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Justinian I AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 21 (AD 547/8). Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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. 10.65gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck circa AD 529-533. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 1st officina. Class II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, Justinian seated facing on throne, wearing crown with pendilia and holding sceptre and globus cruciger / Large M; above, cross; to left, eight-rayed star; to right, crescent outward; A below, + THEUP in exergue. DOC 206a; MIBE 130; SB 214. 16.65gr, 32mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
