173, Lot: 540. Estimate $200. Sold for $427. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 607-610 AD. Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Angel standing facing, holding sceptre surmounted by Christogram, and globus cruciger; E/CONOB. DOC II 10e; SB 620. Good VF.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection.