LOT 3630
Maurice Tiberius AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 20 (AD 601/2). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
∂ N ᙏAЧΓ CN P AЧ, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large K, cross above, ANNO XX (date) across field; R below. DOC 193.1; SB 535. Good Very Fine.(5.29gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Maurice Tiberius AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Dated RY 8 (AD 589/90). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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. 2.36gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Constantinople mint, 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
O M IVST-NVS P P AVG, Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne / Large M; cross above, A N N O to left, X (date) to right; Γ below, CON in exergue. DOC 38c; SB 360. 13.47gr, 28mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 569/570). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DN IVSTI-NVS P P AVI, Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre / Large M; staurogram above, ANNO Ч (date) across fields, A below, CON in exergue. SB 360. 14.52gr, 32mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Apparently overstruck.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
