CNG 102, Lot: 1133. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.36 g, 7h). Alexandria mint, 10th officina. Struck circa 567-578. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding Victory on globe and shield / Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, holding scepter and globus cruciger; staurogram to left; I//CONOB. DOC –; MIB 14; SB 347A (Constantinople). Superb EF, lustrous. Rare.