Watch List notes:

Philippicus (Bardanes), 711-713. Follis (Bronze, 20 mm, 4.54 g, 7 h), Constantinopolis. Crowned bust of Philippicus facing, wearing short bead, loros and holding globus cruciger in his right hand and eagle-tipped scepter in his left; around, illegible letters. Rev. Large M flanked by A/N/N/O and numerals representing the regnal year; above, cross; below, officina letter; in exergue, CON. DOC 9. MIB 21. SB 1455. Rare. Traces of overstriking and with minor deposits, otherwise, about very fine.


This issue was overstruck on a follis of Justinian II and Tiberius from Constantinopolis.