CNG 88, Lot: 1590. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.09 g, 6h). Imitative issue. Balkan mint. Struck early-mid 7th century. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger / Angel standing facing, holding globus cruciger and long staff terminating in staurogram; Є//CONOB. Cf. DOC 5e (for prototype); cf. MIBE 7 (same); cf. SB 618 (same). VF, light graffiti in the fields.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 54 (14 June 2000), lot 1907. Reportedly found in a Syrian hoard.