Watch List notes:

Philippicus (Bardanes), 711-713. Follis (Bronze, 23 mm, 3.73 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis. Crowned bust of Philippicus facing, wearing short beard, 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, A; in exergue, CON. DOC 9. MIB 21. SB 1455. Rare. Heavy traces of overstriking, otherwise, very fine.


From an American collection, ex Harlan J. Berk Buy or Bid Sale 216, 27 July 2021, 397, Naumann E-Auction 94, 4 October 2020, 787 and Saint Paul Antiques 19, 30 November 2019, 661.

This coin was overstruck on an earlier follis of Justinian II with Tiberius (SB 1428).