452, Lot: 816. Estimate $150. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anastasius II Artemius. 713-715. Æ Follis (25.5mm, 7.13 g, 12h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Dated RY 1 (AD 713/4). Crowned and draped bust facing, holding globus cruciger and akakia / Large M; A/N/N/[O] - I (date) across field; cross above; A//CON. DOC II 8a; MB 28; SB 1469. Green and brown patina, some roughness, earthen deposits. Fine. Rare.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from Birkler and Waddell, November 1980.