THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Phocas, 23 November 602 – 5 October 610
Solidus 607-610, AV 4.40 g. d NN FOCAS – PERP AVC Draped and cuirassed bust facing, wearing crown, surmounted by cross on circlet and holding globus cruciger . Rev. VICTORIA – AVGY I Angel standing facing, holding globus cruciger and long linear staff surmounted by Christogram; in r. field N and in exergue, CONOB. DO 11c. MIBE 12a. Sear 621.
Virtually as struck and almost Fdc
Ex Sotheby’s New York 2 November, 1998, 176, and NAC 75, 2013, 554 sales.