417, Lot: 474. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 4th officina. Struck 602/3. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger; crown with pendilia / Angel standing facing, holding globus cruciger and staff surmounted by staurogram; N to right; ∆//CONOB. DOC (2) var. (unlisted officina); MIBE 6; SB 617. Good VF, some obverse die rust, a few light scratches. Overstruck with undertype visible. Rare.