Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1268. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. AV Solidus (4.45 g, 6h). Alexandria mint, 10th officina. Struck circa 565-567. Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding Victory set on globe and shield / Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, holding scepter and globus cruciger; cross to left; I//CONOB. DOC 6 (Constantinople); MIB 13a; SB 347 (Constantinople). Good VF, lustrous, flat strike at high points of reverse. Rare.