CNG 108, Lot: 708. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basiliscus. AD 475-476. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.38 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Victory standing left, holding long, jeweled cross; star to right; CONOB. RIC X 1003; Depeyrot 101/1. EF, lustrous, double struck.

From the D. Massey Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk.