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Electronic Auction 396  26 April 2017
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Lot 598

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 60 USD
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Tiberius II Constantine. 578-582. Æ 40 Nummi – Follis (28mm, 11.87 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Dated RY 5 (578/9). Crowned bust facing, wearing consular robes and holding globus cruciger and eagle-tipped scepter; small cross(?) to upper right / Large m; cross above, A/N/N/O Ч (date) across field; CON. DOC –; MIBE 24 var. (obv. bust type and regnal year); SB 429 var. (same). VF, dark green to black patina with earthen highlights/deposits. Very rare with an unusual flan.

This bust type with the emperor holding a globus cruciger is not published (he usually holds a mappa), and regnal year 5 is also not listed in the standard references.
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