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LOT 3239
Tiberius II Constantine AE 10 Nummi or Decanummium. AD 578-582.
Antioch (Theoupolis) mint. Dated RY 8 (AD 581/2). [...]IЄRIT-S P RI, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa with right hand and eagle-tipped sceptre with left / Large X; cross above; ANNO III Ч (date) across field; R below. DOC -; MIBE 59b var. (unlisted date configuration); SB 457 var. (same). Very Fine. Extremely rare variety with this date configuration.(2.31gr, 16mm, 6h.).
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From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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