PHOCAS GOLD SOLIDUS – DOUBLE STRIKE ERROR OF ANGEL ISSUE – MINT STATE NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 19956)

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19956. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. PHOCAS, AD 602–610.
Gold Solidus, 4.49 g, 21 mm. Issue of Constantinople, officina Θ.
Obv. o N FOCAS PЄRP AVC, draped bust of Phocas, facing, holding globus cruciger. Rev. VICTORIA AVϚЧ Θ, Angel standing, facing, holding staff with staurogram and globus cruciger, CONOB in exergue.
Sear 620.
NGC graded MINT STATE, Strike 2/5, Surface 3/5, “bent, double struck.” A shifted double strike, with about 20% of the design from the first strike clearly showing on both obverse and reverse.