CNG 84, Lot: 1594. Estimate $300. Sold for $480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (30mm, 15.04 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; staurogram to right / Large M; cross above, A below, star to left, cross on globe to right; CON. DOC -; MIBE 853 var. (officina); SB -. VF, black patina with orange earthen overtones. Extremely rare.

From the Peter Lee Collection.