LOT 3242
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 582-602.
Uncertain 'military mint' in Sicily or Italy. Dated RY 2 (AD 583/4). 1st officina. D N ᙏAVR P P AVII, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield with left / Large M between ANNO and II (date); cross above, A below; KYZ in exergue. MIBE -; cf. SB 517 (Cyzicus). Good Very Fine. Unpublished variant.(14.28gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Group of Six [6] Byzantine AE Coins. 6th-10th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various emperors. 60gr total.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 527-565.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 28 (AD 554/5). 2nd officina. O N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, helmetted 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 XXςII (date) across field, cross above, B below; CON in exergue. DOC 51b; SB 163. 16.89gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Leontius AE 20 Nummi of Half Follis. AD 695-698.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 695/6). Uncertain officina. Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger with right hand; cross to right / Large K; cross above, [ANNO] A (date) across field, uncertain letter below. Cf. DOC 8a; MIB 33; SB 1335. 3.26gr, 23mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck on uncertain undertype.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
