Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1353. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOCAS. 602-610 AD. Æ Three-Quarter Follis (9.31 gm, 6h). Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 9 (November 610 AD). DN FOCA PERP AVG, crowned and draped facing bust / Large XXX; cross above, GIII to left; KYZB. DOC II -; cf. MIB II 77; cf. SB 666. Near VF, brown patina. Extremely rare and unlisted date for the type. ($200)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection.

Rare folles and now a three-quarter follis are known from Cyzicus with regnal year 9, which would have come one month after Phocas was deposed and executed. Apparently Cyzicus had year 9 dies prepared, and used them briefly before introducing the types of the new emperor Heraclius.