CNG 87, Lot: 1214. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.38 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck 603. Crowned facing bust, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and long cross / Angel standing facing, holding globus cruciger and long staff terminating in staurogram; Є//CONOB. DOC 4 var. (officina); MIBE 2; SB 623. EF, traces of underlying luster, struck with slightly rusty and worn dies, minor area of flat strike at edge.