268, Lot: 452. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian II. Second reign, 705-711. Æ Follis (20mm, 4.09 g, 6h). Syracuse mint. Dated IY 4 (705/6). Crowned facing half-length bust, holding globus cruciger and akakia / Large M, monogram above, crosses flanking; Δ (date) on exergual line// [SCL]. DOC 57 (1st reign); Spahr 215 (1st reign); BBS 47 (1st reign); MIB 48b; Anastasi 353; SB 1297 (1st reign). Near VF, green patina.

Hahn placed this type as the first issue of Justinian's second reign, dated to make a public record of his return to the throne - a claim that seems supported by the evidence of overstrikes.