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LOT 3252
Justinian II AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. First reign, AD 685-695.
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 2 (AD 686/7). Uncertain officina. Crowned bust facing, holding globus cruciger / Large K; cross above, ANNO II (date) across field, [officina] below. DOC 20-5; MIB 47; SB 1262. Near Very Fine.(3.19gr, 23mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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