Byzantine. Phocas. Byzantium, AV Solidus, (602-610), #sherborne holding sceptre and thunderbolt

holding sceptre and thunderbolt

but a nice portrait

holding branch and sacrificing out of patera over altar

1916 at BedfordHorace’s parents were Andrew and Elizabeth

and that this item was liberated from an officials desk in Germany in 1945

Byzantine. Phocas. Byzantium, AV Solidus, (602-610), #sherborne holding sceptre and thunderboltByzantium, Phocas (602 610), AV Solidus, dN FOCAS PERP AVG, crowned bust facing, holding globus cruciger, rev. VICTORIA AVGUZ, angel standing facing, holding long sceptre surmounted by chi rho and globus cruciger, CONOB in exergue, 4. 15g, 8h (MIBE 9; DOC 10; Sear 620), uniformly struck up on a broad flan, lustrous, good extremely fine and much as issued. Included, old Coincraft dealer ticket.