355, Lot: 698. Estimate $500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nicephorus I, with Stauracius. 802-811. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 25 December 803–26 July 811. Crowned and draped bust of Nicephorus facing, holding cross potent and akakia / Crowned and draped bust of Stauracius facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia. DOC 2c; Füeg 2.A.2; SB 1604. Good VF, some scruffs, scratches, and marks, slight wave to flan.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.