ANASTASIUS GOLD SOLIDUS – ROTATED DOUBLE STRIKE ERROR – MINT STATE NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 20935)

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20935. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. ANASTASIUS I, AD 491–518.
Gold Solidus, 4.35 g, 22 mm. Issue of Constantinople, officina I.
Obv. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVG, three quarters facing bust of Anastasius, wearing cuirass and holding spear and shield with horseman device. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGG I, Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross, star in right field, CONOB in exergue.
Sear 3.
NGC graded MINT STATE, Strike 3/5, Surface 4/5, “clipped,” “double–struck with rotation,” parts of the original strike clearly visible at the edge of both obverse and reverse.