LOT 3223
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 527-565.
Nicomedia mint. Dated RY 31 (AD 557/8). 1st officina. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large M, ANNO XXXI (date) across field, cross above, A below; NIKO in exergue. DOC 137a; SB 201. Very Fine.(15.16gr, 32mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). 1st officina. [...] T[...]IЧƧ PЄ AV, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, with short beard, holding transverse spear across body in right hand, shield in left / Large M between [ANNO] and I (date) between pellets; cross above, A below, [CON] in exergue. MIB 73; DOC 7; SB 1366. 5.45gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier type.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constans II AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 641-668.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Carthage mint. Struck AD 647-659. D N CO-[...]ANT A, crowned and draped bust facing, holding mappa with right hand and globus cruciger with left, crown ornamented with cross / Large cross between two pellets; C-T above X-X across field; above, star. DOC 145; MIB 198c; SB 1060. 4.75gr, 18mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Tiberius III (Apsimar) AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1(?) (AD 698/9). Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear / Large K; cross above, date across field. SB 1368. 2.58gr, 23mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
