Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1078. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANASTASIUS I. 491-518 AD. Æ Follis (19.13 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 512-517 AD. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large M; cross above, stars flanking; D/CON. DOC I 23f; MIB I 27; SB 19. VF, dark green-brown patina, light earthen encrustation. Choice centering on a broad flan. ($200)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.