Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1625. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOCAS. 602-610 AD. Æ Follis (11.70 gm). Nicomedia mint. Dated year 4 (605/6 AD). Crowned facing bust in consular robes, holding mappa and eagle-tipped sceptre; crown with trefoil decoration / Large XXXX; NIKOB. DOC II -; SB -. Good VF, dark brown patina. Overstruck. Only one coin previously known of this bust type (cf. Classical Numismatic Review XVIII, No. 3 (1993), pg. 6). ($200)