CNG 88, Lot: 1478. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (43mm, 21.35 g, 7h). Nicomedia mint, 2nd officina. Dated RY 12 (538/9). Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O XII (date) across field; B//NIK. DOC 116b; MIBE 114; SB 201. Good VF, dark green-brown patina. Well centered and struck for issue, on an exceptionally broad flan.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection, 137. Purchased privately from the Nadia Kapamadji Collection.