288, Lot: 495. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin I & Justinian I. 527. Æ Follis (30mm, 15.88 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 1st officina. Struck 4 April-1 August 527. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Justin right / Large M; cross above, star and cross flanking; A//NIKM. DOC 12; MIBE 7; SB 127. Fine, red-brown and green patina, earthen deposits. Rare.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 79. Ex Classical Numismatic Group E-108, 314.