LOT 3731
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 20 (AD 601/2). Kyzikos mint. 1st officina.
[...]ICI TIbE[...], crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large M, A N N O X X (date) across fields, Christogram(?) above, A below, KYZ in exergue. Cf. DOC 134a; SB 519. Very Fine. Attractive green patina.(13.13gr, 31mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Justinian I AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 18 (AD 544/5). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, helmetted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger with right hand and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif with left, cross to right / Large M, ANNO XЧI II (date) across field, cross above, A below; KYZ in exergue. MIBE 120; DOC 170a; SB 207. 19.93gr, 36mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 5 (AD 586/7). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Garbled legend, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre / Large m; ANNO to left, Ч to right, cross above, ƮHЄUP' in exergue. DOC 156; MIBE 95Ab; SB 532. 12.83gr, 31mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
John III Ducas (Vatatzes), Emperor of Nicaea AV Hyperpyron. AD 1232-1254(?) Magnesia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
IC XC, Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, wearing tunic and pallium, raising His right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in His left; sigla: in field to left and right, pellet / ΙW ΔI[...] across lower fields, MHP [ΘV] to upper fields, John III standing facing on the left, wearing divitision and loros, holding anexikakia in his left hand and labarum in his right, crowned by the Virgin Mary, nimbate, standing facing on the right. DOC 6; SB 2073. 4.16gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
