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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.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 9 (AD 573/4). Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
D N IV[...], nimbate figures of Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne; cross above / Large M; cross above, ANNO ςI II (date) across field; B below, NIKO in exergue. DOC 99c; MIBE 46a; SB 369. 15.63gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, AD 976-1028. Constantinople mint. Class A2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✠ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; two dots in each limb of the nimbate cross; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2.22; SB 1818 (Class A3). 16.68gr, 34mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Anastasius I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 512-517. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N ANASTA-SIVS P P A[...], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, stars flanking; Є below, CON in exergue. DOC 23i; MIBE 27; SB 19. 17.09gr, 36mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
