CNG 93, Lot: 1330. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (23mm, 4.42 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. 5th officina. Struck 602-603. ON FOCAЄ PЄRP AVC, crowned and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger; crown with pendilia / VICTORI A AVCC, angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; Є//CONOB. DOC –; MIBE 4 (same dies as illustration, but earlier die state); SB 617B. Good VF, slighty double struck. Rare.

From the Bramhall Collection.