Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 251. Estimate CHF750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011.  Sold For CHF1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Solidus (Gold, 4.40 g 6), Thessalonica, 538-545. DM IVSTINIANVS P P AVG Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing, holding cross on globe in his upraised right hand and with a shield bearing a horseman over his left shoulder Rev. VICTORIA AVCCC /CONOB Angel standing facing, holding long cross in his right hand and globe in his left. DOC 7 (Constantinople). MIB 22. Rare. Good extremely fine.

From a Swiss private collection.