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LOT 3090
Justinian I AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 25 (AD 551/2). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AV, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand, shield over left shoulder; cross to right / Large K; cross above, A N N O XXЧ (date) flanking, mint monogram below. DOC 242; MIBE 154; SB 230. Good Very Fine.(7.96gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine AR Hexagram. Struck AD 615-630. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[∂∂ NN Һ]ЄRACLΙЧS Єτ ҺЄR[A CONSτ], Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine seated facing on double throne, each holding globus cruciger; cross between / ∂ЄЧS A[∂IЧτA ROM]ANI, cross potent set upon globus set upon three steps; K to right. DOC 64; MIBE 140; SB 798. 6.46gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine IV Pogonatus AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Struck circa AD 668-673. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Beardless, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Constantine IV facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand / Large I between cross and K; [above, cross?]. Cf. DOC 38; cf. MIB 88; cf. SB 1182. 3.72gr, 24mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on an uncertain type.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
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.
