Rare ‘Manus Dei’ Issue

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1158. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin I. 518-527. Æ Follis (15.69 g, 8h). Nicomedia mint, 1st officina. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; manus Dei holding diadem above / Large M; stars flanking, cross above; A//NIKM. DOC 28a var. (without manus Dei); MIBE 35c; SB 85A. Near VF, dark brown patina, reddish-earthen deposits. Exceptional quality for issue. Rare.