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LOT 3098
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 14 (AD 595/6). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd officina
∂ N mAVΓ-CN P AVI, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M; cross above, Γ below, ANNO to left, X IIII (date) to right, ƮHЄUP' in exergue. DOC 166b; SB 533. Very Fine.(11.36gr, 29mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
