CNG 88, Lot: 1520. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II, with Sophia. 565-578. Æ Decanummium (17mm, 3.98 g, 9h). Carthage mint. Struck 572-578. Facing busts of Justin, helmeted and cuirassed, and Sophia, crowned and draped; cross above, VITA in exergue / Large I; N M flanking. DOC 200; MIBE 80a; SB 400. Good VF, black patina, some striking weakness. Rare.

From the J.-P. Righetti Collection, 381.