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LOT 3921
Justinian I AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 527-565. Uncertain mint.
[...]TINIA[...], diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Large V within wreath. MIBE 246 (Sicily); DOC 369; SB 337. Very Fine.(1.04gr, 9mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 6 (AD 587/8). Nicomedia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £16
[∂] N ᙏ[...]]RI P P, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large M; cross above, A N N O ς (date) across field; A below, N[IK]O in exergue. DOC 96a; SB 512. 8.89gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, circa AD 976-1065. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[✠ 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; in each limb of the nimbate cross crescent; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧ[S] XRISTЧ[S] ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. Cf. DOC III.2 A45; SB 1818 (Class A3). 5.89gr, 26mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Justin and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 3 (AD 567/8). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina. Contemporary imitation(?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
O N IVSTINUS C C S AUS, Justin II, holding globus cruciger in his right hand, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre in her right hand, both crowned and nimbate, seated facing on double throne; above, cross / Large M between ANNO and II I (date); above, cross; below, A; in exergue, KYZ. DOC 117a; MIBE 50b; SB 372. 15.04gr, 33mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
