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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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Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan AH 65-86 (AD 685-705). Qurus(?) (Cyrrhus) mint. Standing Caliph issue. Arab-Byzantine type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the hilt of his sword, whip shown as long loop on left side; inscription around / Cross transformed to Φ standing on base and three steps; mint downwards to right; "full weight" upwards to left; inscription around. Cf. Goodwin, Standing Caliph Coinage, p.31, 340; cf. Album 3536 (RRR). 2.97gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anastasius I AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 491-518. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
D N ANASTASIVS P F A(?), diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CON-CORDI, large I, pellets to right and left. DOC 19e; SB 26. 1.43gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Leo VI the Wise AE Follis. AD 886-912. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✠ LЄOꞂ bAS-ILЄVS ROᙏ', facing bust of Leo VI with short beard, wearing chlamys and cross-tipped crown, holding akakia / ✠ LЄOꞂ ЄꞂ ΘЄΟ bASILЄVS ROᙏЄOꞂ in four lines. DOC 8; SB 1729. 7.54gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Parthenon Gallery and Coincraft, London, UK, 1990s-2000s. Property of a North London, UK, private collector.
