Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1270. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. AV Solidus (3.26 g, 6h). Carthage mint. Dated IY 10 (576/7). D N IVSTI NVS P P AI, Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, three pellets on breastplate, holding Victory set on globe and shield / Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, holding scepter and globus cruciger; CONOB. DOC 190g var. (obv. legend); MIB 18b var. (same); SB 391 var. (same). Good VF, marks on edge from prior mounting. Unusually low weight (but see DOC 190c and note for another light weight example).