Triton XVII, Lot: 838. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Dated RY 1 (AD 602/3). DN FOCAS PERP AVG, crowned, draped, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger in right hand / VICTORI A AVCC, angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by staurogram in right hand and globusm cruciger in left; P//CONOB. DOC –; MIBE 45a var. (unlisted year); Ranieri 507; SB 698 var. (shape of E in legend). EF, spot of red ink on obverse. Rare.