Watch List notes:

Tiberius II Constantine, 578-582. Solidus (Gold, 21 mm, 4.41 g, 6 h), Ravenna, RY 8 = 581/2. D m TIB CONSTANT P P AVI Draped and cuirassed bust of Tiberius II Constantine facing, wearing crown with pendilia and surmounted by a small cross, holding globus cruciger in his right hand and shield decorated with a horseman over his left shoulder. Rev. VICTORIA AVGG H / CONOB Cross potent set on four steps. DOC 62a. MIB III (Suppl.), 15.2. SB 468. Rare. An attractive example of this interesting issue from Ravenna. Light marks and with a faint graffito on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From an old Swiss collection, formed in then early to mid 20th century, and from the R.P. Collection, Münzen & Medaillen XII, 11-13 June 1953, 912.