Choice Rome Mint Solidus

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3402. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (4.43 g, 6h). Rome mint, 5th officina. Struck 547-549. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by Christogram and globus cruciger; star in right field; E//CONOB. Cf. DOC 320; MIBE 34E (same dies as illustrated coin); SB 291. EF.

From the John A. Seeger Collection.