366, Lot: 53. Estimate $150. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANCIENT COINS USED IN INDIA & INDIAN IMITATIONS. Anastasius I. 491-518. AV Solidus (16mm, 0.66 g, 6h). Indian imitation. Ω(symbol)ΛO T(horizontal S) PP ΛC, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / OSCCVΛΛ ΛOCC, Kushan-style Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, holding scepter and globus cruciger; Δ//CO(ΛV)(O. Cf. DOC 7a; cf. MIBE 7; cf. SB 5 (Anastasius; all refs for obv.); cf. DOC 5e; cf. MIBE 1; cf. SB 346 (Justin II solidus; all refs for rev.); Turner –; cf. Stein (Wang) p. 239 = BM IA.XII.b.1-c.1 (for obv. type). Good Fine, lightly toned, evidence of having been placed in a bezel.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.