207, Lot: 438. Estimate $300. Sold for $345. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maurice Tiberius. 582-602. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.49 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 8th officina. Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Angel standing facing, holding long staff and globus cruciger; H//CONOB. DOC 149e (Antioch); SB 524 (Antioch). VF.

There is no evidence to support the attribution of the broad-faced solidi of Maurice to Antioch. They are most likely of Constantinople.