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LOT 3255
Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
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. Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier type.(5.45gr, 26mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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