LOT 3631
Maurice Tiberius AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Dated RY 8 (AD 589/90). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
O ᙏ TIUC TA ꟼ P P, crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in right hand and eagle-tipped sceptre with left / Large I surmounted by cross, ANNO Ч III (date) across field; τHEUP in exergue. SB 537. Very Fine.(2.36gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi of Follis. Dated RY 16 (AD 597/8). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
∂ N ᙏAVΓ ИPAUT, crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, A N N O and X ЧI across fields; Γ below, τHЄUP’ in exergue. DOC 168b; SB 533. 11.50gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi of Follis. Dated RY 12 (AD 576/7). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint, 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...]UΛCVC, Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, each holding sceptre and holding globus surmounted by long cross between / Large M; A N N O to left, cross above; to right, X II (date); Γ below; τHЄUP’ in exergue. DOC 159; SB 379. 14.93gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Anonymous AE Nummus. Time of Nicephorus III, AD 1078-1081. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Latin cross with central X and globus and two pellets at the end of each extremity; crescents to upper left and right, floral scroll below. SB 1889; DOC Class I. 5.38gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
