76, Lot: 105. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MAURICE TIBERIUS. 582-602 AD. Æ 4 Pentanummia [Half Follis] (26mm, 6.79 gm.) Cherson mint. Nimbate Maurice and Constantina standing facing, emperor holding cross on globe and empress holding cruciform sceptre; cross in field above / Nimbate Theodosius standing facing, holding cruciform sceptre; large D with cross above in right field. DOC -; MIB 160a; SB 611. Fine, smooth green patina with some earthen encrustation. Very rare.

From the T. R. McIntosh Collection.