Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2252. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTIN I. 518-527 AD. AV Solidus (4.49 gm). Struck 519-527 AD. Constantinople mint. D N IVSTI-NVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust THREE-QUARTERS FACING TO RIGHT, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy / VICTORI-A AVGGG, angel standing facing, holding jewelled cross and globus cruciger; star in right field; I/CONOB. DOC I 2h; MIB I 3; BN 11; SB 56. Choice EF. ($500)

From the Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection. Ex "An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins" (Sotheby's, 2 November 1998), lot 62.