Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2022. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Solidus (4.38 g, 8h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Struck AD 602/3. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger; crown with pendilia / Angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by a Christogram and globus cruciger; I//CONOB. DOC II 1d; SB 616. Good VF, struck with slightly rusty dies. Attractive first issue.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.