CNG 90, Lot: 1766. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.12 g, 7h). Light weight issue of 22 siliquae. Constantinople mint. Struck 567-578. Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding Victory on globe and shield / Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, head right, holding staff and globus cruciger; ӨЄ//OB*+*. DOC 138 (Theoupolis mint); MIBE 8; SB 376 (Theoupolis mint); Berk, Roman 66 (this coin). EF, lustrous.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Sotheby’s New York (2 November 1998), lot 101.