MAURICE TIBERIUS GOLD SOLIDUS – ANGEL WITH CROSS ISSUE FROM CONSTANTINOPLE – NGC CHOICE AU BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 21430)

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*** B OVER S OFFICINA LETTER RECUT ***

21430. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. MAURICE TIBERIUS, AD 582–602.
Gold Solidus, 4.47 g, 21 mm. Issue of Constantinople, officina B/S.
Obv. O N mAVRC TIB PP AVC, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger. Rev. VICTORIA AVCC B/S, angel standing, facing, holding staff with staurogram and globus cruciger, CONOB in exergue.
Sear 478.
NGC CHOICE AU, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5. The officina letter, originally an S, is here recut into a B, the engraver making the B larger to hide the S in the upper part. The upper rounded part of the S is still clearly discernable on the die.