★ Rare Semisis ★

Philippikos Bardanes (711-713 AD). Semissis (Gold . 2.18 g. 19 mm), Constantinopolis.
Obv. D N FILEPICuS - MuL - TuS AN, facing bust wearing loros and crown with cross atop, holding globus cruciger in his right hand and an eagle-tipped scepter surmounted with a cross in left.
Rev. VICTORIA Avςu S, cross potent on globe.
Sear 1451; DOC II, 5.