209, Lot: 432. Estimate $100. Sold for $171. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (42mm, 20.23 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 1st officina. Dated RY 12 (538/9). Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield with horseman motif; cross to right / Large M; cross above; A/N/N/O XII across fields; A//NIK. DOC 116a; SB 201. Near VF, green patina, a little rough.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.