Superb Tiberius III Solidus

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 845. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tiberius III (Apsimar). 698-705. AV Solidus (4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. D TIbERI uS PE AV, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, wearing short beard, holding spear in right hand, shield on left arm, decorated with horseman riding right / VICTORIA AVGu, cross potent on three steps; A//CONOB. DOC II 1a; MIB III 1; SB 1360. Superb EF, fully struck, a few faint hairlines.