CNG 88, Lot: 1485. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AR Half Siliqua (14mm, 1.23 g, 8h). Heavy weight issue. Carthage mint. Struck circa 533-537. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOT/MV · LT/HTI in three lines; all within wreath; CON[OS]. DOC 280.4 (Siliqua); MIBE 51; SB 253 (Siliqua). Good VF, some find patina. Rare.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection, 202.