Triton XX, Lot: 1054. Estimate $1000.
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Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Rome (or Ravenna?) mint, 4th officina. Struck circa 540-545. D N IVSTINI–ANVS P P AG, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger in right hand, shield over left shoulder / VICTORI–A AVGGG, angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by christogram in right hand and globus cruciger in left; star in right field; Δ//CONOB. Cf. DOC 320d (Rome); cf. MIBE 34 (Rome) and 37 (Ravenna); Ranieri 317 = Morrisson 2 (same rev. die; Ravenna); cf. SB 291 (Rome) and 312 (Ravenna). Choice EF.
From the Goldman Collection. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 67, 17 October 2012), lot 413 (HSA 1001.1.30180).
There is some disagreement as to whether this issue belongs to Rome or Ravenna. Hahn reattributed the Paris specimen published by Morrisson (with which our coin shares a reverse die) from Ravenna to Rome, but more recently Ranieri included it in his corpus of the Ravenna mint. Our coin is stylistically close to the specimens attributed to Rome in DOC and MIBE (see especially 342-3).
