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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.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Justin I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 518-527. Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N IVSTI-NVS P P [...], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M; cross above, six-rayed star and cross flanking; A below, CON in exergue. DOC 9a; MIBE 12; SB 63. 15.97gr, 30mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Anastasius I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Struck circa AD 498-circa AD 518. Constantinople mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
D N ANASTA-SIVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large M, cross above; stars flanking; Δ below, CON in exergue; all within wreath. DOC -; MIBE -; SB -. 8.90gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Extremely rare emission of Anastasius I and unpublished in the major references.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Justin and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 8 (572/3). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
∂ N IVSTIN-ΝS P PS AV, nimbate figures of Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform sceptre, seated facing on double throne; cross above / Large M; cross above; A N N O ςII (date) across field; A below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 121a; MIBE 50c; SB 372. 11.96gr, 31mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
