CNG 84, Lot: 1614. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. Æ Three-Quarter Follis – 30 Nummi (27mm, 10.20 g, 7h). Nicomedia mint, 1st officina. Dated RY 6 (603/4). Crowned, draped, and cuirassed facing bust / Large XXX; cross above, date to right; NIK[O A]. DOC -; MIB 70; SB 660. Good VF, attractive brown patina, some striking weakness. Very rare.

Ex Khristov Collection; Henry Chitwood Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 73, 13 September 2006), lot 1043 (where it sold for $925).