246, Lot: 499. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maurice Tiberius. 582-602. Æ Half Follis (19mm, 5.15 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Dated RY 7 (588/9). Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Large K; cross above, date across field; TЄS. DOC 80 var. (unlisted with retrodrade ‘ς’); MIB 113d var. (same); SB 509 var. (same). Good VF, dark green patina. Very rare. Overstruck on an earlier issue from Thessalonica, with the TES mintmark visible at 11h on the obverse.

Ex Khristov Collection.