Triton XVII, Lot: 830. Estimate $5000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tiberius II Constantine. 578-582. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.52 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 6th officina. CONSTANT A CC ЧIЧ FЄLIX, crowned facing bust wearing consular robes, holding mappa in right hand and eagle and cross tipped scepter in left / ЧICTOR TI bЄRI AЧς, cross potent set on four pelleted steps; ς//CONOB. DOC 2; MIBE 2; SB 420. EF, toned, minor marks. Extremely rare variety with pelleted steps.

Ex Moneta Imperii Romani Byzantini Collection (Stack’s, 12 January 2009), lot 3107; Leu 36 (7 May 1985), lot 373.