Unpublished and Unique

248, Lot: 457. Estimate $100. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (37mm, 17.48 g, 5h). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint, 3rd officina. Dated RY 36 (562/3). -VN CΛIL ΛLNPΛON, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large M; date across field; Γ//τHЄЧP’. Unpublished and perhaps unique. Good VF, overstruck on an earlier follis, perhaps SB 213 or 217. The large M, star to the right, and officina letter B are all visible below the portrait. An intriguing coin.