Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1043. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $925. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. Æ 3/4 Follis (10.20 g, 7h). Nicomedia mint; 1st officina. Dated RY 2 (603/4). Crowned, draped, and cuirassed facing bust / Large XXX; cross above, date to right; NIK[OA]. DOC II -; MIB II 70; SB 660. VF, dark red-brown patina, partial flat strike. Rare.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.