Byzantine Empire, Phocas AV Solidus Constantinople Mint, 602-610 AD, Choice AU (Luster!) Year of the Snake Industry seated between cupid and

Industry seated between cupid and beehive

but a nice amount of remaining crisp

meaning that they would no longer redeem commercial paper in specie at full face value

1935 Bank of Montreal $5 Bog/Gordon (Ch

two dots (mark of value) above

Byzantine Empire, Phocas AV Solidus Constantinople Mint, 602-610 AD, Choice AU (Luster!) Year of the Snake Industry seated between cupid andPhocas. AD 602 610. AV Solidus, 4. 48 gm. Constantinople mint. Obv: DN FOCAS PERP AVG (the D has a long upper serif to the left), draped and cuirassed facing bust, wearing crown without pendilia, holding cross on globe. Rev: VICTORIA AVGU and officina letter, angel standing facing, holding P headed cross and cross on globe; mintmark CONOB. DOC II 10e; MIB II 9; SB 620. Phocas (Latin: Flavius Phocas Augustus; Greek: , Phokas; 547 5 October 610) was