PROCOPIUS. 365-366 AD. Æ 20mm (3.45 gm). Constantinople mint. D N 
      PROCO-PIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left / REPARATI-O 
      FEL TEMP, Procopius standing facing, head right, holding labarum in right 
      hand, left resting on shield set on the ground; Chi-rho in upper right 
      field and unidentified object in left at foot; CONSA.. RIC IX 17a.3; LRBC 
      2082. Near EF, dark green patina, exceptional in that it is fully and 
      strongly struck. ($500) The small object at the feet of the emperor on the 
      reverse has never been satisfactorily explained. It is most often 
      represented with a round top set upon a columnar base, and somewhat 
      resembles the palladium found on earlier Roman coins.


Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 2195.
 
 Lot sold for $400, plus buyers fees.

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