Third and Finest Known

Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 806. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $7750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maurice Tiberius. 582-602. AR Miliaresion (3.25 g, 6h). “Ceremonial” issue. Constantinople mint. D N mAVRC τIbЄ pp A[VG], diademed and helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cross potent between two palms. DOC -; MIB Supp. 52.2 = Leu 13, 590; SB 489A . Good VF, find patina, a few trivial field marks and a subtle bend to the flan. Extremely rare, the third and finest known.

Hahn notes only one other specimen of this type (MIB 52.1), located in Istanbul.