Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1190. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANASTASIUS I. 491-518 AD. AV Solidus (4.49 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 491-492 AD. D N ANASTAS IVS PERP AVG, diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, holding spear and shield; no ornament on front of helmet / VICTORI A AVGGG, Victory standing left, holding long voided cross; * I/CONOB. DOC I 4c; MIB I 3a; BN 6; SB 3. Good VF, overstruck on an obverse brockage. ($750)

This rare solidus is dated to the first few months of Anastasius' reign; it continues the portrait type and legend format of the previous emperor Zeno.