304, Lot: 444. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Tiberius III (Apsimar). 698-705. Æ Half Follis (21mm, 4.09 g, 7h). Constantinople mint, 2nd officina. Dated RY 1 (698/9). Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear / Large K; cross above, A/N/N/[O I] across field; B. DOC 12; MIB 75; SB 1368. Good Fine, brown surfaces, copper highlights, rough surfaces.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 0919. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 148, lot 435.
Struck on a triangular flan, most likely made by quartering a large follis of Constantine IV.