Byzantine Silver & Bronze

Lot 2392    SESSION 14 (9.30AM FRIDAY 17TH APRIL)    Byzantine Silver & Bronze

Estimate $150
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BYZANTINE, bronze issues, Justin I, bronze half follis, (8.59 g), obv. diademed and cuirrassed bust right, rev. large K, long cross to left, star above and below, officina letter to right (punch mark and flan crack, unclear) (SB.69); Justin II and Sophia, (565-578), bronze half follis, (5.16 g), Antioch Mint, RY 12, obv. Justin II and Sophia nimbate and enthroned, holding globe surmounted by long cross between, each holding long sceptre, rev. large K, ANNO to left, cross above, officina letter below, IIU to right (SB.831)k another similar, Thesalonica mint, (5.48 g); another similar, Rome mint, rev, large XX, ANNO to left, cross above, officina mark below, [ROM] in exergue (SB.404); 9SB.366); Maurice Tiberius (582-602), bronze follis, (11.76 g), Constaninople Mint, RY 7 (588/89), obv. helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding shield and globus cruciger, rev. Large M, ANNO to left, date and officina to right, **G* below, CON in exergue (SB.494); Basil I, bronze follis, (6.22 g), Syracuse mint, obv. facing bust of Basil and Constantine, rev. legend in five lines (SB.1721); unidentified trachy and unidentifed 9th-10th century follis. Majority fine - very fine, last poor. (8)