Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1979. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. Æ Follis (23.26 gm). Year 14 (540/1 AD). Nicomedia mint. Helmeted and cuirassed bust FACING, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy; cross in right field / Large M, cross above; A/NIKO. DOC I 118a; SB 201. Good VF, brown patina, large flan. ($300)

From the Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection. Ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser Auktion 15 (21 March 2000), lot 506.