CNG 99, Lot: 780. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AR Quarter Siliqua (11mm, 0.50 g, 5h). Ravenna mint. Struck 552-565. Diademed and draped bust right, wearing cuirass seen from back in the Ostrogothic style / Star within wreath. Cf. DOC 340.2; MIBE 81; Ranieri 364; SB 321. VF, toned, a few old scratches on reverse under tone. Rare.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.