Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1824. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MAURICE TIBERIUS. 582-602 AD. AR Quarter Siliqua (0.54 gm, 5h). Carthage mint. Helmeted facing bust; two crosses flanking / Cruciform monogram. DOC 242 var. (monogram); MIB III 63a var. (same); SB 555 var. (same). Good VF, toned, slightly rough surfaces. Unique and unpublished. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

This coin represents the third known variety of the Maurice monogram type quarter siliqua from Carthage, two of which are known from unique specimens. The common type (MIB 63) has a monogram with composed Greek letters MAVPK (MaurikioV) within it, while MIB 63a has a mixture of Greek and Latin letters-MARK. This new specimen is purely Greek- MAPK.