LOT 3789
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 11 (AD 592-593). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
3rd officina. ∂ N mAV[...], crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANNO to left, XI (date) to right, ƮHЄUPς in exergue. MIBE 96C; DOC 163b; SB 533. Very Fine.(11.03gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Basil II and Constantine VIII, circa AD 976-1065. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
✠ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and himation, raising right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in His left; in each limb of the nimbate cross two dots; IC XC in fields / ✠ IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ЬASILЄЧ ЬASILЄ, legend in four lines across field; ornament above and below. DOC A2; SB 1818 (Class A3). 9.23gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired from Romanorum, March 2015, collector's ticket included. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 114, 23 November 2023, lot 1546. Property of a London antiquarian. -
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Nicephorus I, with Stauracius, AV Solidus. AD 803-811. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
• ҺICIFOROS ЬASILЄ', crowned facing bust of Nicephorus, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent and akakia / SƮAVRACIS ∂ЄSPO' Є, crowned facing bust of Stauracius, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger and akakia. Füeg 2.B.2; DOC 2a; SB 1604. 4.45gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Areas of flatness.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
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Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 18 (AD 544/5). Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
1st officina. D 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 XЧIII (date) across field, cross above, A below; KYZ in exergue. MIBE 120; DOC 170a; SB 207. 21.73gr, 37mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 7h.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
