CNG 97, Lot: 747. Estimate $400. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anastasius I. 491-518. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 8th officina. Struck 498-518. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Victory standing left, holding staff surmounted by reversed staurogram; star to left; H//CONOB. DOC 7h; MIBE 7; SB 5. EF, minor obverse die scratches.

From the Iconodule Collection.