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LOT 3463
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 527-565.
Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 18 (AD 544/5). 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 XЧIII (date) across field, cross above, A below; KYZ in exergue. MIBE 120; DOC 170a; SB 207. Very Fine. Flan crack at 7h.(21.73gr, 37mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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