CNG 84, Lot: 1613. Estimate $200. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. Æ 20 Nummi (16mm, 5.72 g, 12h). Thessalonica mint. Phocas, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform scepter, standing facing / Large X • X; cross above, pellet at each end of ground line; TЄS. DOC 51; MIBE 94; SB 655. VF, green patina. Attractive, well centered strike.

From the Peter Lee Collection.