Watch List notes:

Philippicus (Bardanes). Gold Solidus (4.24 g), 711-713 Nearly Mint State. Constantinople. D N FILEPICЧS MЧL-TЧS AN, crowned bust of Philipicus facing, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger and eagle-tiped scepter surmounted by cross. Reverse: VICTORIA AVGЧ, cross potent; B//CONOB. DOC 1b; MIB 1; SB 1447. Lustrous and virtually as struck. We note slightly double struck on the reverse. Nearly Mint State. Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000

Ex Triton VIII (11-12 January 2005), 1399; From the Aurora Family Collection.