CNG 87, Lot: 1187. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anastasius I. 491-518. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck 507-518. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif / Victory standing left, holding long staff terminating in reversed staurogram; star to left; A//CONOB. DOC 7a; MIBE 7; SB 5. EF.