412, Lot: 721. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Rome mint, 9th officina. Struck circa 542-549. D N IVSTINI–ANVS P P (AV)G, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger in right hand, shield over left shoulder / VICTORI–A AVGG•G, angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram in right hand and globus cruciger in left; star in right field; Θ//CONOB. Cf. DOC 320c.2; MIBE 34; SB 291. EF, attempted piercing.

From the Goldman Collection. Ex Sincona 3 (25 October 2011), lot 3081.