CNG 88, Lot: 1537. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Tiberius II Constantine. 578-582. Æ Follis (32mm, 15.34 g, 6h). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 6 (578/9). Crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes and holding mappa and eagle-tipped scepter / Large m; cross above, A/N/N/O ς (date) across field; τHЄUP’. DOC 41; MIBE 47a; SB 448. VF, attractive red-brown patina. Excellent artistic merit.
From the J.-P. Righetti Collection, 1240. Ex D. Alighieri Collection (Classical Numismatic Group E-Auction 219, 30 September 2009), lot 476.