174, Lot: 255. Estimate $75. Sold for $57. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. Æ Decanummium (17mm, 2.69 g). Antioch mint. Dated RY 9 (573/4). Justin and Sophia, both nimbate, enthroned facing, holding cross on globe between them / Large I; date across fields, THEUP’. DOC I 180; MIB II 63; SB 383. VF, dark brown patina with “Syrian” red encrustations.

From the Chris Connell Collection.