Possibly Unique

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1167. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian II. First reign, 685-695. Æ Half Follis (1.94 g, 5h). Syracuse mint. Half-length bust facing, wearing crown and chlamys, holding globus cruciger / Large K; monogram of Justinian below, uncertain mark to left. Unpublished, but cf. MBBS 44-5 (follis). VF, dark green patina with earthen dusting. Possibly unique.

This half follis appears to be an unpublished fraction of the published folles with M and monogram on the reverse. The SCL mintmark appears to be missing, but is probably to the right on the reverse. See also MBBS 43 for the similar half follis of Constantine IV that preceded this issue.