LOT 3933
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 6 (AD 587/8). Nicomedia mint. 1st officina.
[∂] N ᙏ[...]]RI P P, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large M; cross above, A N N O ς (date) across field; A below, N[IK]O in exergue. DOC 96a; SB 512. Near Very Fine.(8.89gr, 29mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Romanus IV, circa AD 1068-1071. Constantinople mint. Class G.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IC XC, facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / MP ΘV, facing bust of the Theotokos, orans. DOC G.1-28; SB 1867. 6.79gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly overstruck.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Basil I 'the Macedonian' AE 17mm. AD 879-886. Cherson mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Cross floriate on three steps; pellets flanking / Large B on exergual line; pellets flanking. DOC 20b; Anokhin 377-382; SB 1719. 2.19gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Justinian I AE 5 Nummi or Pentanummium. AD 527-565. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...]TINIA[...], diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Large V within wreath. MIBE 246 (Sicily); DOC 369; SB 337. 1.04gr, 9mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
