Byzantine Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 5065 Session 18 (2:30pm Friday) Byzantine Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $140
JUSTINIAN I, (527-565), PB (lead) Seal 18mm, (7.20 g), obv. [D]N IVSTINIANVS PP A[V], nimbate facing bust of Justinian I, wearing crown with plume and pendants and chlamys; rev. Victory advancing fascing, head right, holding wreath in either hand; crosses flanking. (BLS I 3a, Doc Fogg 6:9: 4.2). Good very fine, one of the finest known, rare.
Ex Dr. V.J.A. Flynn Collection and previously from Noble Numismatics Sale 107 (lot 3485) and from the collection of Elvira Elisa Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001) collection [as the Demarete Collection] with her numbered packet 4377.
A similar CNG example in Electronic Sale 245 (lot 533) realised US$480.
Justinian engaged in extensive military campaigns in Italy and North Africa. The widespread availability of this type of seal is a reflection on the growth of the military bureaucracy in the wake of the reconquest.
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