370, Lot: 550. Estimate $200. Sold for $421. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.43 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 8th 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; H//CONOB. DOC 9h; MIBE 7; SB 140. Good VF, graffito on the reverse.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection, purchased from Carl Subak, April 1961.

A note is included with this lot that states this coin is from a large hoard found near Beirut, Lebanon in 1958. Carl Subak, the well-known Chicago dealer, purchased 800 pieces from the hoard.