LOT 3790
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 11 (AD 592-593). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
3rd officina. ∂ N mAVRIC N P AЧT, 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.(11.57gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 11 (AD 592-593). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
3rd officina. ∂ N mAVRIC N P AЧT, 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. 11.57gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 529-533. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
2nd officina. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, B below, stars flanking; +THЄЧpo+ in exergue. SB 216; DOC 210b; MIB 126. 14.92gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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.
