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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Leo V the Armenian with Constantine AE Follis. AD 813-820.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Syracuse mint. Crowned facing bust of Leo, wearing loros and holding cross potent; [Λ] to left, [Є] O ✷ to right / K-ONCT, crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger; C I across field. DOC 17; Anastasi 488; SB 1636. 3.36gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Empire of Nicaea. John III Ducas (Vatatzes) BI Trachy. AD 1222-1254.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Magnesia mint. Type G. [MHP] θ[V], the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), nimbate, seated facing on throne with back / Half-length facing bust of John, holding labarum with right hand and globus cruciger with left; V-K in right field. DOC 41; SB 2095. 2.13gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex 'V' gentleman's collection, Switzerland. From the property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 5 (AD 569/570). 1st officina. [...]STI-NOS P I AV, nimbate figures of Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, each holding sceptre and cross set on globe between them / Large M; cross above, ANNO II III across field; A below, τHЄЧP’ in exergue. DOC 150a; SB 379. 15.74gr, 32mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
