379, Lot: 394. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anastasius I. 491-518. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck 507-518. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Victory standing left, holding long staff surmounted by reversed staurogram; star to left; A//CONOB. DOC 7a; MIBE 7; SB 5. Good VF, light die scratches, a few marks. LOT SOLD AS, NO RETURNS.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Coin Galleries (19 August 1987), lot 16.