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85, Lot: 113. Estimate $100.
Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOCAS. 602-610 AD. Æ Half Follis (22mm, 5.36 gm). Thessalonica mint. Eastern Imitation. Crowned bust facing, holding mappa and cross / Large K; cross above; ANN left; T[ES]. Cf. DOC II 49; cf. SB 654. VF, black-green patina.

The source of this imitation may be either one of the pre-Islamic Arabic peoples, or the Avars; it is clearly not an officially minted product.