Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 56, lot 664
Auction date: 8 October 2010

Price realized: 6,500 CHF  (approx. 6,725 USD as of the auction date)   

Tiberius III Apsimar, 698 – 705
Solidus, Syracuse 698-705, AV 4.11 g. D tIbE[RI – …] > Y Cuirassed bust 
facing, wearing crown with cross, holding spear and shield with horseman 
and enemy motif. Rev. VICTORI< – >YGY Cross potent on four steps; in 
field, + – + and in exergue, CONOB. DO 22.1. MIB 34. Sear 1381. Spahr 256 
and note.

Extremely rare. Lovely reddish tone and about extremely fine / extremely fine

Estimate: 3000 CHF

All the references ascribe this piece to Syracuse, but style and more 
importantly the metal content are not normal for Syracuse at this period. 
Probably one of the Italian mints, but Ricotti Prina, the source for a 
number of Italian attributions, does not list this coin.

With kind permission of Numismatica Ars Classica, Nov. 2010