376, Lot: 619. Estimate $750. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Maurice Tiberius. 582-602. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger / Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; P//CONOB. DOC –; MIBE 30; SB 584. VF, wavy flan, edge bumps. Extremely rare.

From the M. A. Armstrong Collection. Ex Vecchi 10 (24 March 1998), lot 1252.

Such solidi have either a “P” or “S” at the end of the reverse legend, which Hahn interprets as uncertain dates. Alternatively, the could marks officinae (primus, secundus), but this method of recording workshops had ceased long before.