Very Rare Thessalonica Solidus for Anastasius

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 440. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anastasius I. 491-518. AV Solidus (4.23 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. D N ANASTAS IVS PERP AVG, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy / VICTORI A AVCCC, Victory standing left, holding long cross; star in left and right fields; CONOB. DOC 27; MIBE 14; Metalf, Thess. 237-241; SB 30. Near EF, light scratches in left field of obverse and on edge. Very rare.

From the White Mountain Collection.