415, Lot: 547. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Semissis (18mm, 2.19 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory seated right, inscribing shield set on knee; star to left, reversed staurogram to lower right; CONOB. DOC 18; MIBE 18; SB 144. VF, some light marks and scratches, slightly wavy flan.

From the D. Massey Collection.