E-auction 54-23902 - bby_272976 - PHOCAS and LEONTIA Follis

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Estimate :	195 €
Price :	65 €
Maximum bid :	66 €
End of the sale :	28 April 2014 16:30:30
bidders :	9 bidders

Type : Follis

Date: an 5

Mint name / Town : Theoupolis (Antioche)

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 11,31 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beaux bustes. Joli revers. Très belle patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.- - R.- - Do.88 /1 - BN/B.- - BC.671 - MBR.83 a - DMBR.9 /56

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient du stock de R. M. Smythe

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N FOC-A - NE PE AV (SIC !).

Obverse description : Phocas et Léontia debout de face. Phocas est debout à gauche, il est couronné et tient le globe crucigère de la main droite. Léontia est debout à droite, tient un sceptre cruciforme de la main gauche ; au milieu, une croisette.

Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Phocas perpétuel auguste).