Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1978. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. Æ Half Follis (12.28 gm). Year 12 (538/9 AD). Constantinople mint. Helmeted and cuirassed bust FACING, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy; cross in right field / Large K; cross above; D . DOC I 62 var. (unlisted officina); SB 165. Good VF, brown patina. ($150)

From the Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection. Ex Numismatik Lanz Auktion 97 (22 May 2000), lot 1041.