Metcalf Plate Coin

Triton XV, Lot: 1574. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anastasius I. 491-518. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. D N ANASTA SIVS PP AVC, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, head turned slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / VICTORI A AVCCC, Victory standing left, holding jeweled cross; star to left and right; CONOB. DOC 27; MIBE 15; Metalf, Thess. 269 (this coin); SB 30. In NGC encapsulation graded MS; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 1/5, flan slightly bent and clipped. Rare.