PHOCAS GOLD SOLIDUS – ROTATED DOUBLE STRIKE ERROR – NGC MS BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 21608)

$2,950.00

21608. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. PHOCAS, AD 602–610.
Gold Solidus, 4.47 g, 23 mm. Issue of Constantinople officina B.
Obv. O N FOCAS PERP AVϚЧ, crowned, draped, and cuirassed bust of Phocas, facing, holding globus cruciger. Rev. VICTORIA AVϚЧ B, angel standing, facing, holding staff with staurogram and globus cruciger, CONOB in exergue.
Sear 618.
Ex Gasvoda Collection
NGC MS, Strike 3/5, Surface 4/5, “brushed,” “double-struck w/rotation.” This coin was double struck with the second impression being rotated 90 degrees relative to the initial one. Traces of the emperor’s bust appear on the obverse at 7-11 o’clock, while parts of the angel, wing and globus cruciger appear in the same place on the reverse. An unusually clear specimen of the classic rotated double strike error.