Sear Plate Coin

CNG 94, Lot: 1280. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (38mm, 24.60 g, 11h). Cyzicus mint, 1st officina. Dated RY 14 (AD 540/1). Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O X/II/II (date) across field; A//KYZ. DOC 166a var. (pellets flanking officina); MIBE 120a; SB 207 (this coin illustrated). VF, brown/green patina.

From the Roger Liles Collection. Ex William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby’s, 21 June 1991), lot 162 (part of).