Triton XX, Lot: 1071. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Justin II, with Sophia. 565-578. Æ Follis (30mm, 15.90 g, 12h). Cyzicus mint, 2nd officina. Dated RY 3 (567/8). D N IЧSTIN–S P P S AЧSS (Ч and P retrograde), Justin, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, holding cruciform scepter, seated facing on double throne; cross above / Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O II/I across field; B//KYZ. DOC 117d var. (obv. legend, arrangement of date); MIBE 50b; SB 372. EF, attractive brown patina.
From the Kallman Collection. Ex “Moneta Imperii Romani Byzantani” Collection (Stack’s, 12 January 2009), lot 3093; Sternberg [V] (28 November 1975), lot 594.