Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1974. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anastasius I. 491-518. AV Solidus (4.42 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. D N ANASTAS-IVS PERP AVC, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield; diadem ribbons to left / Victory standing left, holding long cross; star in left and right fields. DOC I 27 var. (obv. legend); Metcalf, Thess. 237-242; cf. SB 30 (for type). VF, minor scuff marks in right obverse field. Rare.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.