Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 808. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (4.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. Struck 603-607. dN FOCAS PERP AVC, crowned, draped, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVGЧ, Angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by Christogram in right hand, globus cruciger in left; Z//CONOB. DOC 5g; MIB 7; SB 618. Superb EF, lustrous, slightly weak strike at periphery.