Rare Procopius Æ with Bust Right

368, Lot: 508. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Procopius. Usurper, AD 365-366. Æ (17mm, 2.38 g, 12h). Heraclea mint, 1st officina. Pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust right / Procopius standing facing, head right, holding labarum and shield set on ground; SMHA. RIC IX –, but cf. RIC IX 8 for reverse type but obverse bust left; LRBC –; H.D. Rauch 87, lot 887; Künker 77, lot 628. VF, dark green to black patina. Very rare with the obverse bust to right.