Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1976. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. AV Solidus (4.43 gm). Struck 538-545. Constantinople mint. Helmeted and cuirassed bust FACING, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy / Angel standing facing, holding jewelled cross and globus cruciger; star in right field; S/CONOB. DOC I 8 var. (unlisted officina); SB 139. FDC, lustrous. ($300)