Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1351. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOCAS. 602-610 AD. AR Siliqua (2.12 gm, 7h). Constantinople mint. ON FOCAS PP AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust, right / Cross potent flanked by filleted palms. DOC II -; MIB II 54; SB 638A. EF, iridescent toning, graffiti on reverse. Huge flan, much superior to the published specimens. Rare. ($500)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection.