149, Lot: 384. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Anastasius II Artemius. 713-715. AR Hexagram (17mm, 2.49 g). Constantinople mint. Crowned facing bust, holding globus cruciger and akakia / Cross potent on three steps; DQ/CONOB. DOC II -;MIB -; SB -. Fine, porous, flan crack. Apparently unpublished.

The silver hexagrams of Anastasius II are known struck from solidus dies of the types SB 1462 and 1463. This coin is the first example of a piece struck from the dies for SB 1464, with Q following the officina number.