LOT 3929
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 2 (AD 583/4). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
∂ ᙏ ΠTI CO-TNITAΛT P P, facing bust, wearing crown with trefoil ornament, consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large ᙏ; cross above, ANNO to left, II (date) to right, ƮHЄUP' in exergue. DOC 153; SB 532. Good Very Fine.(12.46gr, 31mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Michael IV, AD 1034-1041. Constantinople mint. Class C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
+ ЄMMA-NOVHΛ, three-quarter length bust of Christ Antiphonetes standing facing, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with left; IC XC across fields / Large jeweled cross with pellet at each extremity, IC XC NI-KA in its angles. DOC C; SB 1825. 7.11gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Justin II and Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 10 (AD 574/5). Nicomedia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
∂ N IVSTI-NVS P P AVC, Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre; cross(?) between / Large M; cross above; ANNO X (date) across field; A below, NIKO in exergue. DOC I 100a; SB 369. 13.36gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Amulet. 2nd millennium AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Stylised nimbate bust of the Virgin orans with Christ on her breast / Blank. 5.27gr, 26mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
