LOT 3237
Tiberius II Constantine AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 578-582.
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 7 (AD 580/1). 1st officina. ∂ ᙏ τIb CON-STANT P P AI, crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa with right hand and sceptre topped by eagle supporting cross / Large M; cross above, ANNO ςI (date) across field; CON A in exergue. DOC 13a.2-3; MIBE 25; SB 430. Very Fine.(13.24gr, 32mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). 1st officina. [...] T[...]IЧƧ PЄ AV, crowned and cuirassed bust facing, with short beard, holding transverse spear across body in right hand, shield in left / Large M between [ANNO] and I (date) between pellets; cross above, A below, [CON] in exergue. MIB 73; DOC 7; SB 1366. 5.45gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier type.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine VI and Irene AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 780-797.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Constantinople mint; struck AD 792-797. Crowned facing bust of Irene, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and cruciform sceptre / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, set on horizontal bar; cross to right, pellets flanking; below, large M flanked by X - N; A below. DOC 7; SB 1598. 1.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Nicomedia mint. Dated RY 7 (AD 572/573). Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing; Justin holding globus cruciger and Sophia holding cruciform sceptre / Large M; cross above, ANNO GI across fields, A below, NIKO in exergue. SB 369. 11.90gr, 31mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s (collector's ticket included).
