Byzantine Silver & Bronze
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Lot 3415 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Byzantine Silver & Bronze
Estimate $120
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SOLD $50
MAURICE, (582-602), follis of Nicomedia mint, year 6 (587-8), officina A, obv. Maurice facing, rev. M, date, mint and officina, (S.512, DOC 96a); another follis of Antioch mint, year 3 (584-5), obv. Maurice facing, rev. M, date and mint, (S.532, DOC 154); another half folles year 2 (583-4), rev. K mintmark and date, (S.534, DOC 175); Focas, (A.D. 602-610), decanummium, Carthage mint, obv. Focas facing, rev. X between N & M, star below, (S.688, DOC 117); Heraclius, (A.D. 610-641), 12 nummi, Alexandria mint, obv. facing bust of Sassanian king Khusru II, crescent to r., rev. I B with cross between. (S.855, DOC 191). Fine - very fine, the last rare and an unusual issue portraying a Sassanian king. (5)
Ex Australian Coin Auctions Sale 255 (Sept. 1994, lots 2178, 2180, 2182, 2184) with their packets.
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