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.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 3257
Tiberius III Apsimar AE 40 Nummi or Follis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Justin II, with Sophia AE 40 Nummi or Follis. AD 565-578.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 5 (AD 569/570). 1st officina. [...]STI-NOS P I AV, nimbate figures of Justin and Sophia seated facing on double throne, each holding sceptre and cross set on globe between them / Large M; cross above, ANNO II III across field; A below, τHЄЧP’ in exergue. DOC 150a; SB 379. 15.74gr, 32mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Byzantine AE Anonymous Follis. Time of Romanus III Argyrus, AD 1028-1034.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Constantinople mint. Class B. + ЄMMA-[NOV]HΛ around, IC-XC to right and left of bust of Christ Pantokrator facing with nimbate cross behind head, square in each limb of nimbus cross, holding book of Gospels / Large cross pommée set upon two steps; IS XS bAS-ILЄ bAS-ILЄ to left and right above and beneath cross. DOC Class B; SB 1823. 11.62gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck on earlier Anonymous Class A3 Follis (SB 1818).
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Ten [10] AE Byzantine and Roman Coins. 6th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Various emperors. 32.36gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
