Very Rare Four Nummi

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1159. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ 4 Nummi (1.46 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large Δ; A-P. DOC 101 var. (cross above Δ); Metcalf, Thess. 20-8; MIBE 175; SB 194. VF, green patina, areas of minor roughness. Very rare, none in CoinArchives.

Comparable to SB 195 that sold in Lanz 141, lot 870 for hammer €1400.