Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1645. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TIBERIUS III (Apsimar). 698-705 AD. AV Solidus (4.35 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. D TIbERI US PE AV, crowned facing bust, with short beard, holding spear and shield / VICTORIA AVSU, cross potent on three steps; H/CONOB. DOC II 1g; MIB III 1; SB 1360. Superb EF, lustrous, small spot of porosity beneath steps, slightly clipped. ($500)