Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1275. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 3rd officina. Struck 603-607. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by Christogram and globus cruciger; Γ//CONOB. DOC 5c; MIB 7; SB 618. Near EF, minor areas of weak strike, lustrous.