Details
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.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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