CNG 94, Lot: 1267. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 9th officina. Struck 527-537. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Angel standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger; star to right; Θ//CONOB. DOC 3h; MIBE 5; SB 137. EF. An attractively engraved variety lacking the usual ground line on the reverse.

From the Iconodule Collection.