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LOT 3097
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 586/7). Nicomedia mint. 1st officina.
[∂] N ᙏAV-C τIbЄRI A, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large M; cross above, A N N O Ч (date) across field; A below, NIKO in exergue. DOC 95a; SB 512. Good Very Fine.(12.35gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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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 Extremely rare emission of Anastasius I and unpublished in the major references.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. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. Dated RY 1 (AD 582/3). Catania mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[D N TIЬ MAV?]-RIC P P AVG. crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large I; A N N O I (date) across field; CAT in exergue. DOC 264; MIBE 136B; Anastasi 4; SB 580. 3.15gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, E-Auction 18, 6 November 2015, lot 386. Property of a London antiquarian. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 334-335. Siscia mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
VRBS ROMA, helmeted and mantled bust of Roma to left / She-wolf standing to left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above; ΓSIS in exergue. RIC 240; LRBC 750. 2.28gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
