LOT 3730
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 2 (AD 583/4). Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
D N TidЄR m[...]IRIC P P A, crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large M; A N N O II (date) across field, cross above; A below, KYZ in exergue. DOC 119.1-2; MIBE 84B; SB 517. Very Fine.(11.99gr, 30mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Justinian I AE Decanummium of 10 Nummi. Dated RY 33 (AD 559/60). Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N IV[...]ANVS A, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large I, cross (or star) above; [A N N O] X XX III (date) across field; KVZ (Z retrograde) in exergue. DOC 193-8 var. (unlisted date); SB 209. 1.94gr, 14mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare date.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Maurice Tiberius AE 40 Nummi or Follis. Dated RY 9 (AD 590/1). Constantinople mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
O N ᙏAV τIbЄR P P I, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large M; cross above, A N N O GI II (date) across field; Γ below, CON in exergue. SB 494. 12.65gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near 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.
