Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 2208. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $440. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. AV Solidus (4.45 gm). Struck 527-538. Constantinople mint. Helmeted and cuirassed bust THREE-QUARTERS FACING TO RIGHT, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy / Victory standing facing, holding jewelled cross and globus cruciger; star in right field; Ð/CONOB. DOC I 3d; SB 137. EF. ($400)

From the William H. Williams Collection.