Details
LOT 3257
Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 698-705.
Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 698/9). 4th officina. 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); cross above, Δ below, [CON] in exergue. MIB 73; DOC - (unlisted officina); SB 1366. Very Fine. Overstruck on an earlier type.(4.30gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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