LOT 3629
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 4 (AD 585/6). Constantinople mint. 4th officina.
Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger, shield on left shoulder / Large M; cross above; ANNO II II (date); Δ below, CON in exergue. SB 494. Very Fine.(10.61gr, 31mm, 1h.).
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 of Follis. Dated RY 16 (AD 597/8). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
∂ N ᙏAVΓ ИPAUT, crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, A N N O and X ЧI across fields; Γ below, τHЄUP’ in exergue. DOC 168b; SB 533. 11.50gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Justin II and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 569/70). Nicomedia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
D N IVSTINVS P P AVG, Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne, both wearing nimbus crown / Large M; cross above, A N N O Ч (date) across field; A below, NIKO in exergue. DOC 95a; MIBE 46; SB 369. 13.92gr, 32mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Theophilus AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 831-842. Syracuse mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
ΘЄOFILOS bASI, crowned facing bust, wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger / Large M; cross above, XXX to left, NNN to right, Θ below. BCI 880; DOC 30; Spahr 432; SB 1681. 2.80gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
