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LOT 3087
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 529-533. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 4th officina.
∂ N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, Justinian enthroned facing, holding long sceptre in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left / Large M between star and crescent; above, cross; below, Δ; in exergue, ⧾ τHEЧP. DOC 206d; MIB 130; SB 214. Near Very Fine.(17.06gr, 33mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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