CNG 99, Lot: 779. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AR Quarter Siliqua (12mm, 0.89 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Struck 552-565. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing cuirass seen from back in the Ostrogothic style / Staurogram set on globe and flanked by stars; all within wreath. DOC 339 (half siliqua?); MIBE 78; Ranieri 361 (half siliqua?); SB 320 (half siliqua?). Good VF, toned, short flan crack.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.