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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 Unpublished variant.(14.28gr, 27mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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