Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1401. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILIPPICUS (Bardanes). 711-713 AD. Æ Follis (2.71 gm, 6h). Syracuse mint. Philippicus standing facing, wearing helmet and military attire, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger / Large M; two stars flanking, monogram above; SCL. DOC II -; Spahr 238 (Leontius); MIB III 24; SB 1460A. VF, dark green patina. Rare. ($500)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 35 (20 September 1995), lot 1305.