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LOT 3101
Maurice Tiberius AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Dated RY 1 (AD 582/3). Catania mint.
[D N TIЬ MAV?]-RIC P P AVG. crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large I; A N N O I (date) across field; CAT in exergue. DOC 264; MIBE 136B; Anastasi 4; SB 580. Very Fine.(3.15gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, E-Auction 18, 6 November 2015, lot 386.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Anastasius I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 512-517. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
D N ANASTA-SIVS P P AV, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M, cross above; stars flanking; Є below, CON in exergue. DOC 23i; MIBE 27; SB 19. 14.52gr, 35mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Nicephorus III, AD 1078-1081. Constantinople mint. Class I.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IC XC, bust of Christ, nimbate, facing; His right hand raised, book of gospels in His left / Latin cross with central saltire, globus and two pellets at the end of each extremity; crescents to upper left and right, floral scroll to lower left and right. DOC Class I; SB 1889. 5.49gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Justin II and Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Thessalonica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
D N IVSTI-NVS P P AVG, Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne, both wearing nimbus crown / Large K; cross and ΘC above, date across field; TЄS below. DOC 78; MIBE 70e; SB 366. 5.68gr, 24mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
