Seldom Offered Half Tremissis

CNG 102, Lot: 1142. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Half Tremissis (13mm, 0.54 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 607-610. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI FOCAS AЧς, cross potent; [C]ONOB. DOC 20 var. (rev. legend); MIB 29; SB 635 var. (rev. legend). VF, slightly wavy, lightly clipped. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives. Possibly the first to come to auction since one appeared in a Hirsch sale 10 years ago (see Hirsch 245, 4 May 2006, lot 752).