209, Lot: 251. Estimate $100. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SASANIAN KINGS. temp. Khosrau II. AD 591-628. Æ Follis (26mm, 6.82 g, 3h). Imitating a Byzantine follis of Justin II with Sophia from Theoupolis (Antioch) mint, dated RY 14 (622/3). Uncertain Syrian mint. Justin II and Sophia enthroned facing, each crowned and holding cross-tipped scepter / Large M; cross above, A/И/И/O X/IIII across field; A//JИЄHC. Pottier Class V, 79.1-3. Near VF, black ‘Syrian’ patina, small flan flaw on reverse.