Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1654. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANASTASIUS II (Artemius). 713-715 AD. Æ Follis (3.50 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Anastasius standing facing, holding spear and globus cruciger / Large M; [monogram above, C P flanking]; SCL. DOC II -; Spahr 291; BBS 67; MIB III 33; SB 1475. Good VF, dark green-brown patina. Overstruck, possibly on the first issue of Anastasius with crowned bust (SB 1474). Very rare. ($500)