284, Lot: 422. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Procopius. Usurper, AD 365-366. Æ (18mm, 2.02 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left / Procopius standing facing, head right, holding labarum and shield set on ground; unidentified object at feet to left, Christogram to upper right; B//CONSE•. RIC IX 17a var. (no B); LRBC 2082 var. (same). Near VF, green patina, roughness.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.