CNG 94, Lot: 1282. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (37mm, 20.39 g, 5h). Cyzicus mint, 2nd officina. Dated RY 17 (AD 543/4). Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O X/ЧII (date) across field; ·B·//KYZ. DOC 169b var. (no pellets flanking officina); MIBE 120b; SB 207. Good VF, brown patina with hard green deposits.

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