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LOT 3099
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8 (AD 589/90). Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
∂ N ᙏAVRIC τIbЄR P P AV, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand, shield on left shoulder / Large M; cross above; ANNO ς II (date) across field; A below, CON in exergue. DOC 31a; MIBE 67D; SB 494. Good Very Fine.(12.22gr, 33mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck AD 529-533. Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
∂ N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, Justinian enthroned facing, holding long sceptre in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left / Large M between star and crescent; above, cross; below, Δ; in exergue, ⧾ τHEЧP. DOC 206d; MIB 130; SB 214. 17.06gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Justin II and Sophia AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Thessalonica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
D N IVSTI-NVS P P AVG, Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne, both wearing nimbus crown / Large K; cross and ΘC above, date across field; TЄS below. DOC 78; MIBE 70e; SB 366. 5.68gr, 24mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Justinian I AE 20 Nummi or Half Follis. Dated RY 21 (AD 547/8). Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVC, helmeted, diademed and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, holding globus cruciger in his right hand and with shield, decorated with horseman spearing fallen foe, over his left shoulder; to right, cross / Large K between A N N O and XX I (date); above, cross; below, NI. DOC 148; MIBE 116a1; SB 203. 10.65gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
