271, Lot: 123. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anastasius II Artemius. 713-715. AV Semissis (17mm, 2.13 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. ∂N APTЄMIЧS ANASTASIЧS MЧL, crowned facing bust, wearing slight beard and chlamys, and holding akakia and globus cruciger / VICTORIA AVςЧς, cross potent set upon globus. DOC 4; MIB 5; SB 1465; Berk 209 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, a few minor marks. Rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Sotheby’s New York 7214 (2 November 1998), lot 379.