335, Lot: 638. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.39 g, 7h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Struck 604-607. Crowned and draped facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; I//CONOB. DOC 5j; MIBE 7; SB 618. Near VF, heavily lacquered, graffito (“X”) on obverse.

From the El Cid Collection.