Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 2202. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANASTASIUS I. 491-518 AD. AV Solidus (4.47 gm). Struck 491-498 AD. Constantinople mint. Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over right shoulder and on left arm shield decorated with a horseman spearing fallen enemy / Victory standing left, holding long voided cross; star in right field; G/CONOB. DOC I 3c; MIB I 3; SB 3. EF. Very rare variety with cross on helmet (cf. MIB 4a2). ($400)

From the William H. Williams Collection.