CNG 88, Lot: 1493. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (27mm, 10.90 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck 537-542. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large M; cross above, star and cross flanking, ROMA below; all within wreath. DOC 321a; MIBE 214; SB 292. Good VF, dark brown-green patina, minor surface roughness. Fine style and rare.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection, 236. Purchased privately from the Nadia Kapamadji Collection.