ANASTASIUS GOLD SOLIDUS – SCARCE ISSUE WITH VICTORY HOLDING STAFF WITH CHRISTOGRAM – MINT STATE NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 19656)

$2,500.00

19656. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. ANASTASIUS I, AD 491–518.
Gold Solidus, 4.47 g, 21 mm. Issue of Constantinople, officina Θ.
Obv. D N ANASTASIVS P P AVC, three quarters facing bust of Anastasius, wearing cuirass and holding spear and shield with horseman device. Rev. VICTORIA AVCCC Θ, Victory standing left, holding staff surmounted with a Christogram, star in left field, CONOB in exergue.
Sear 4.
NGC graded MINT STATE, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, a very scarce variety, this specimen exceptionally lustrous and well struck, with a full-head Victory.