Rare Variety

258, Lot: 520. Estimate $200. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tiberius III (Apsimar). 698-705. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.10 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Facing bust with short beard, wearing crown and chlamys, holding spear and shield / Cross potent on three steps; pellet and four dots//CONOB. DOC 21c.2 var. (no pellet); MIB 21 var. (same); SB 1380. VF, areas of flat strike, slightly clipped, traces of deposits. Interesting variety.

The major references record a pellet after the reverse legend or four dots; this example shows both. Rare as such.