Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2027. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Phocas. 602-610. AV Light Weight Solidus (3.73 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 607-610. Crowned, draped, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger / d N FOCAS PERP AV[C], angel standing facing, holding long cross and globus; E//OBXX. DOC II 14; SB 629. VF, struck with slightly rusty dies, reverse a little off-center with graffito at outer edge. Extremely rare.