Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1667. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basiliscus. AD 475-476. AV Solidus (4.44 g, 5h). Constantinople mint, 3rd officina. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Victory standing left, holding long cross; star to right; G//CONOB. RIC X 1002; Depeyrot 101/1. Near EF, a few faint scratches, minor marks, and a tiny edge bend, traces of deposits.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex Sotheby’s (3 October 1991), lot 125.