206, Lot: 429. Estimate $100. Sold for $113. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. Æ Half Follis (25mm, 6.57 g, 7h). Cyzicus mint, 2nd officina. Dated RY 2 (603/4). Crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and cross / Large XX; cross above, II to right, KYZB in exergue; all within wreath border. DOC 79b.4; SB 670. VF, dark green patina, earthen deposits.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.