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LOT 3918
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 25 (AD 551/2). Theoupolis (Antiochia) mint. 3rd officina.
D N IV[STINI]-ANVS P P AVI, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand and shield, decorated with cavalryman, with left; in right field, cross / Large M between A N N O and X X Ч (date), above, cross; below, Γ; in exergue, THЧΠ'. DOC 222b; MIB 146; SB 221. Very Fine.(18.52gr, 34mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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