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LOT 3088
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck circa AD 529-533. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 1st officina. Class II.
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. Near Very Fine.(16.65gr, 32mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 11 (AD 592-593). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
∂ N ᙏAЧΓΙ C N P AЧT, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANNO to left, X I (date) to right, ƮHЄUPς in exergue. DOC 163b; MIBE 96C; SB 533. 12.33gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Dated RY 1 (AD 582/3). Catania mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[D N TIЬ MAV?]-RIC P P AVG. crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large I; A N N O I (date) across field; CAT in exergue. DOC 264; MIBE 136B; Anastasi 4; SB 580. 3.15gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, E-Auction 18, 6 November 2015, lot 386. Property of a London antiquarian.
