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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1400. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. PHILIPPICUS (Bardanes). 711-713 AD. Ć 
                                Half Follis (2.59 gm, 7h). Constantinople mint. 
                                Dated RY 1 (711/2 AD). Estimate $500 Sold For 
                                $650 

                              PHILIPPICUS (Bardanes). 711-713 AD. Ć Half Follis 
                              (2.59 gm, 7h). Constantinople mint. Dated RY 1 
                              (711/2 AD). facing bust, wearing crown and loros, 
                              holding globus cruciger and eagle-tipped sceptre; 
                              fragmentary legend / Large K; cross above; ANNO ) 
                              across field; B below. Cf. DOC II 1; MIB III 22; 
                              SB 1456. Good VF, brown patina. Very rare and one 
                              of the finest known. ($500)

                              From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Waddell 
                              II (12 September 1987), lot 690.

                              The bronze coins of Justinian II and Philippicus 
                              often have an indicator mark - ' - before the 
                              date; on this coin it is elongated and resembles a 
                              parenthesis - ).


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