355, Lot: 651. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Semissis (17mm, 2.18 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory seated right, inscribing shield set on knee; star to left, reversed staurogram to lower right; CONOB. DOC 18; MIBE 18; SB 144. Good VF, scratches, areas of flat strike.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.

Illustrated in Prue Morgan Fitts’ forthcoming book, The Beginner's Guide to Identifying Byzantine Coins (London, Spink, 2015).