Fine Portrait

212, Lot: 406. Estimate $150. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (38mm, 21.78 g, 6h). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint, 1st officina. Dated RY 13 (539/40). Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield with horseman motif; cross to right / Large M; cross above, date across fields; A//ΘVΠO. DOC 215a; SB 218. VF, brown patina, double striking on the reverse.

From the Carroll F. Wales Collection.