Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2097. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $405. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tiberius III (Apsimar). 698-705. AV Solidus (4.50 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 9th officina. Crowned and cuirassed facing bust, wearing short beard, holding spear and shield, crown topped with cross / Cross potent on three steps; Q Iw (Iw ligate)//CONOB . DOC II 2d var. (officina); MIB 3, 5 var. (same); SB 1361D. EF, lustrous, slight double strike on reverse. Interesting overstrike on a reverse brockage (incuse VICTOR and CO[NOB] are visible on the obverse).

From the Marc Poncin Collection.