Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1821. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TIBERIUS II CONSTANTINE. 578-582 AD. AV Light-Weight Solidus of 22 Siliquae (4.10 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield / Cross potent on four steps; QS/OB+*. DOC I 38 (Antioch); MIB II 5; SB 446 (Antioch). Good VF. ($400)

There is no evidence for the earlier speculative attribution of the light-weight solidi of Tiberius and Maurice to Antioch or another branch mint, as they have all the characteristics of regular Constantinople issues.