Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1617. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANASTASIUS I. 491-518 AD. Æ Small Half Follis (3.93 g, 5h). Constantinople mint. Struck 498-512 AD. DN ANASTA SIVS PP AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large K; cross to left. DOC I 18; MIB I 31; SB 23. EF, jade green patina. Superior style portrait, equal to the best of the late Roman period. ($200)