Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 802. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. AV Light Weight Solidus of 22 Siliquae (4.08 g, 6h). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint(?). D N I VSTI NVS PP AVI, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus surmounted by Victory in right hand and shield with horseman motif on left arm / VICTORI A AVCCC ΘS, Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, holding scepter in right hand and globus in left; OB *.+.*. DOC 138 var. (Antioch; no dots in mintmark); MIB 8 var. (Constantinople; same);SB 376 var. (Antioch; same); Grierson 33 var. (Thessalonica; same). Near EF, area of minor flat strike. Unpublished variety with dots around cross in mintmark.