355, Lot: 690. Estimate $100. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tiberius III (Apsimar). 698-705. Æ Follis (35mm, 15.93 g, 12h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Dated RY 2 (699/700). Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield / Large M; A/N/N/O to left; cross above; I/I (date) to right; A//CON. DOC 9a; MIB 73; SB 1366. VF, dark brown and green patina, some roughness. Sear notes that the legend on this type is “normally illegible or only fragmentary.” This example is struck on a very broad flan, and displays full legends. Rare as such.