Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1266. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $605. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anastasius I. 491-518. AV Solidus (4.33 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck 498-518. Helmeted bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Victory standing left, holding long staff surmounted by inverted Christogram; star in left field; A//CONOB. DOC 7a; MIBE 7; SB 5. Good VF, minor areas of weak strike, a couple of light scrapes on obverse.