CNG 100, Lot: 446. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AVARS. Pseudo-Imperial coinage. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.25 g, 3h). In the name of Byzantine emperor Constans II (641-668). Crowned facing bust of Constans, holding globus cruciger; blundered pseudo-legend around / Cross potent set on three steps; blundered pseudo-legend around. Elemér –; Bóna –; cf. MIB 16b (for prototype). VF, a few marks, slightly wavy flan. Very rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.