Details
LOT 3470
Justinian I AE Follis. AD 527-565.
Constantinople mint; dated RY 18 = AD 544/5. 2nd officina. D N IVSTNI-ANVS(sic) P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large M, ANNO X-Ч-III (date) across field, cross above, B below, CON in exergue. Cf. DOC 43 (obverse legend variety not recorded); SB 163. Good Very Fine. Nice dark brown patina. Very rare engraver's error.(18.02gr, 33mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s;
Property of a London, antiquarian.
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