Very Rare Thessalonica Mint Miliarense

307, Lot: 360. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anastasius I. 491-518. AR Miliarense (20mm, 4.26 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Anastasius standing facing, head left, holding spear and resting shield on ground; star in left field; THSOB. DOC –; MIBE NN18 (this coin cited); SB –. Near VF, find patina, a few scrapes. Very rare.

Ex Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong (Classical Numismatic Group 90, 23 May 2012), lot 1756; Classical Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 2099.