415, Lot: 573. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (23mm, 4.45 g, 7h). Constantinople mint, 3rd officina. Struck 603. Draped and cuirassed bust facing, wearing crown with pendilia and holding globus cruciger / Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; Γ//CONOB. DOC 1; MIBE 5; SB 616. Good VF, wavy flan, scattered marks, traces of deposits, scratch on reverse.

From the D. Massey Collection.