Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1851. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. Æ Follis (22.04 gm). Carthage mint. Dated RY 13 (539/40 AD). Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross in right field / Large M; cross above, ANNO X/•/III across field; S/CAR. DOC I 292a; MIB I 195; SB 261. Good VF, brown patina. ($300)

This well struck and well preserved example confirms that the pellet within the date is not a die break or otherwise unintentional object.