415, Lot: 550. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis – 40 Nummi (42mm, 22.74 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Dated RY 12 (538/9). Helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif; cross to right / Large M; cross above, XII (date) to right, A below; CON. DOC 37a; MIBE 95a; SB 163. EF, reddish-brown patina with touches of green, some edge damage and corrosion (some of which might be active).

From the D. Massey Collection. Ex Künker 174 (27 September 2010), lot 1163.