436, Lot: 736. Estimate $450. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation of the Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Struck 604-607. Draped and cuirassed bust facing, wearing crown without pendilia and holding globus cruciger / Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; I//CONOB. Cf. DOC 5j; cf. MIBE 7; cf. SB 618 (for official issue). EF. Unusual style.