CNG 100, Lot: 285. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (18mm, 4.46 g, 6h). Carthage mint. Dated IY 8 (604/5). Crowned and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger / Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; H//CONOB. DOC (109); MIBE 32; SB 681. EF, weakly struck obverse. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection (Stack’s, 5 May 1984), lot 1655.