Choice Procopius Siliqua

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1257. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Procopius. Usurper, AD 365-366. AR Siliqua (19mm, 2.10 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint. D N PROCO PIVS P F AVC, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOT/V in two lines within wreath; SMN. RIC IX 6; RSC 14†h; DOC –; Hunter –. EF, deep gray and iridescent toning, minor scratch under tone on obverse. Struck on a broad flan.

From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 1149.