Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 805. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tiberius II Constantine. 578-582. Æ 40 Nummi – Follis (12.97 g, 7h). Nicomedia mint, 1st officina. Dated RY 6 (579/80). dm TIb CO[NS] TANTS (AV)C, crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in right hand and eagle-tipped scepter in left / Large m; cross above, A/N/N/O GI (date) across field; NIKOA. DOC 30a; MIB 35; SB 441. Choice EF, wonderful dark brown patina.