Triton XX, Lot: 979. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin I. 518-527. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Struck 518-519. DN IVSTI–NVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder in right hand, shield over left shoulder / VICTORI–A AVGGG, Victory standing left, holding long staff surmounted by reversed staurogram in right hand; star in left field; I//CONOB. DOC 1h; MIBE 2; SB 55. Superb EF.

Ex Golden Horn Collection (Stack’s, 12 January 2009), lot 2346; Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 2261.