New Denomination and Reverse Type

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1076. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Procopius. Usurper, AD 365-366. Æ 17mm (2.74 g, 11h). Constantinopolis (Constantinople) mint, 3rd(?) officina. D N PROCO-PIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVB, Procopius, in military attire, standing facing, head left, holding globe and spear; CONS[Γ]. RIC IX -; LRBC -. VF, green patina. A new small bronze denomination and reverse type for Procopius.