168, Lot: 287. Estimate $200. Sold for $272. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maurice Tiberius. 582-602. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.44 g). Constantinople mint. Broad-faced helmeted facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Angel standing facing, holding long P-headed cross and globus cruciger; S/CONOB. DOC I 149d (Antioch); MIB II 6; SB 524 (Antioch). Good VF.

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