CNG 100, Lot: 2032. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian II. First reign, 685-695. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.26 g, 6h). Uncertain Italian mint. ∂ IЧSτ-INIANЧI, crowned and draped bust facing, holding globus cruciger / VICTORA AVςЧ, cross potent set on three steps; +//CONOB. Cf. DOC (78) = Ratto 1678; MIB 28 (Naples); SB 1315. Good VF. Extremely rare.

From the Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex “An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins” (Sotheby's New York, 2 November 1998), lot 334; Bonhams (3 December 1980), lot 219; Bonhams & Vecchi I (21 May 1980), lot 626.