Byzantine Silver & Bronze
Lot 4396 SESSION 18 (11.30AM FRIDAY 1ST AUGUST) Byzantine Silver & Bronze
Estimate $100
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SOLD $240
JUSTINIAN I, (527-565), AE follis, Constantinople Mint, (22.83 g) issued year 12 = 538-9, officina **G*, obv. Justinian bust facing, DN IVSTINI ANVS PP AVC, rev. M, **G* below, year XII, CON in exergue, large thin flan, (S.163, DOC.37c, BMC 42, R.494). Dark green and brown patination, nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 117, lot 4958. Previously Dr. V.J.A. Flynn Collection from A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd., with ticket.
The first year of issue of the new large and heavy type folles.
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