389, Lot: 829. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.43 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 542-552. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand, shield over left shoulder / Angel standing facing, holding long cross in right hand and globus in left; star in right field; CONOB. DOC 7 (Constantinople); MIBE 22; Metalf, Thess. 326; SB 138 note. In NGC encapsulation graded MS, Strike: 5/5; Surface: 2/5.

Ex Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection (Heritage 3035, 3 September 2014), lot 29300; “An Important Private Collection of Byzantine Coins” (Sotheby's New York, 2 November 1998), lot 76.