212, Lot: 387. Estimate $75. Sold for $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Decanummium (17mm, 3.13 g, 5h). Constantinople mint, 2nd officina. Dated RY 26 (552/3). Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Large I; cross above, date across fields; B//CON. DOC 87 var. (officina); SB 168 var. (same); MIBE 100. VF, brown patina. Rare officina for this year.

From the Carroll F. Wales Collection.