Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1310. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. AV Solidus (4.45 gm, 5h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 527-542 AD. D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield / VICTORI A AVGGG, Victory standing left, holding long cross; stars flanking; CONOB. DOC I -; Metcalf, Thessalonica 284 (this coin); MIB I 20; SB 173A. Good VF, light graffiti in obverse field. ($750)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 38 (6-7 June 1996), lot 1212; Peus 299 (6-8 May 1980), lot 797.