448, Lot: 568. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.48 g, 7h). Constantinople mint, 2nd 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; B//CONOB. DOC 5b; MIBE 7; SB 618. Some die rust on obverse, doubling on reverse, areas of flat strike and minor deposits. EF.