303, Lot: 445. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Half Follis (32mm, 10.69 g, 12h). Cyzicus mint. Dated RY 15 (541/2). Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large K; cross above, A/N/N/O XЧ (Ч retrograde) across field; Y/Z below. DOC 183; MIBE 121; SB 208. VF, brown patina, patch of roughness in obverse margin. Well centered on a broad flan.

From the Bramhall Collection. Ex Robert Bridge Collection (with his ticket).

The K on the reverse doubles as the denomination mark (20 nummi = half follis) and the initial letter of the mint mark “KYZ”.