CNG 106, Lot: 871. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (22.5mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Dated IY 8 (AD 604/5). Crowned, draped, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger; crown with pendilia / Angel standing facing, holding globus cruciger and staff surmounted by staurogram; H//CONOB. DOC –; MIBE 3; SB 617A (Constantinople); Triton XVI, lot 1250. EF, lustrous, minor areas of weak strike at peripheries, hint of die rust.