68, Lot: 287. Estimate $75. Sold for $44. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MAURICE TIBERIUS. 582-602 AD. Æ Half Follis (14mm, 5.59 gm). Nicomedia mint. Year 6 (587/588 AD). D N M AV PP I, crowned facing bust holding globus cruciger / Large K; year G, B. DOC I 113b; MIB II 79D; cf. SB 497. VF, jade green patina.

The half folles of Maurice from Constantinople, Nicomedia, and Cyzicus can only be distiguished by the style of the bust.