Byzantine. Phocas. Byzantium, AV Solidus, (602-610), #sherborne Sixth issue

Sixth issue

holding sceptre and thunderbolt

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

Poor health meant that much of his long career was spent as a Staff and Training Officer across the UK and abroad

Byzantine. Phocas. Byzantium, AV Solidus, (602-610), #sherborne Sixth issueByzantium, 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.