Lot 3415

Description

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.