CNG 84, Lot: 1610. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. Æ Decanummium (17mm, 4.17 g, 6h). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. Dated RY 11 (575/6). Justin and Sophia, each holding cruciform scepter, enthroned facing, holding globus cruciger between them / Large I; cross above, A/N/N/O to left, X/(I over star) to right; τHЄu[P´]. DOC 182; MIBE 63a; SB 383. EF, black patina with orange earthen overtones.

From the Peter Lee Collection. Ex Berk/England (7 December 1989), lot 65.