Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1124. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANASTASIUS II (Artemius). 713-715 AD. Æ Follis (1.97 g, 6h). Catania mint. Anastasius standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger / Large M; monogram above, K T flanking, SCL in exergue. DOC II 14; Spahr -; BBS 69; MIB III 34; SB 1475B. VF, reverse weak, dark green patina. Very rare. ($300)

This is the last signed issue of the Catania mint, which apparently only opened briefly as a subsidiary operation to the main mint at Syracuse.