Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1346. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MAURICE TIBERIUS. 582-602 AD. AR Half Siliqua (0.97 gm, 2h). Carthage mint. Consular issue of 602 AD. DN MAV [RIC PP], crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and eagle sceptre with cross / Cross potent on three steps; A-w flanking, dotted border; all within laurel wreath. DOC I -; MIB II 61; SB 553. Good VF, toned, struck with slightly worn obverse die, light porosity. Extremely rare. ($200)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Philip DeVicci Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 54, 14 June 2000), lot 1902.