431, Lot: 457. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Nicephorus I, with Stauracius. 802-811. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 803-811. Crowned facing bust of Nicephorus, wearing chlamys, holding cross potent and akakia; without • at beginning of legend / Crowned facing bust of Stauracius, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger and akakia; Θ at end of legend. DOC 2b.3; Füeg 2.A.1; SB 1604. Near EF, some deposits, a few shallow scratches on reverse.