Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 804. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II, with Sophia. 565-578. Æ 20 Nummi – Half Follis (9.66 g, 5h). Carthage mint. Struck circa 574/5-577/8. D N IVSTINO ET [SO]FIE A[V], Justin and Sophia, both crowned and resting right hands on knee, seated facing on double throne; cross between, VITA in exergue / Two Victories standing confronted, holding between themselves a shield ornamented with a star; cross above, K below, NM in exergue. DOC 203; MIB 77; SB 396. EF, dark brown patina. Exceptional state, perhaps the finest known.