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LOT 3240
Tiberius II Constantine AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 578-582.
Constantinople mint. Struck circa AD 579-582. ∂ ᙏ τIb CO-STANT P P AV, crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust facing / Large X; cross above. DOC 20b; MIBE 31a; SB 436. Very Fine.(4.78gr, 22mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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