366, Lot: 54. Estimate $200. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANCIENT COINS USED IN INDIA & INDIAN IMITATIONS. Anastasius I. 491-518. AV “Solidus” (19mm, 2.25 g, 6h). Indian imitation. (retrograde C)(retrograde C)TVCOT • AOV(over C)CC(symbol), pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif; star to right / (retrograde C)(retrograde Q)T(retrograde C)(retrograde C)(retrograde З)AO TOIИCC, Victory standing right, holding jeweled cross; star to right; I//CONO. Cf. DOC 7a; cf. MIBE 7; cf. SB 5 (all refs for type); Turner –; cf. Stein (Wang) p. 239 = BM IA.XII.b.1-c.1 (for obv. type). Near VF, traces of deposits in devices, evidence of having been placed in a bezel.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.