CNG 99, Lot: 771. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 5th officina. Struck 545-565. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; star to right; Є//CONOB. DOC 9e; MIBE 7; SB 140. EF, a few minor scratches.

From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection. Ex John Work Garrett Collection (Part III, Leu/Numismatic Fine Arts, 29 March 1985), lot 486.