415, Lot: 556. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Justin II. 565-578. AV Light Weight Solidus = 22 Siliquae (19.5mm, 4.08 g, 6h). Constantinople(?) mint. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globe surmounted by Victory and shield with horseman motif / Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, holding scepter and globe; ΘS//OB*+*. DOC 138 (Antioch); MIBE 8 (Constantinople); SB 376 (Antioch). Good VF, some obverse weakness of strike.
From the D. Massey Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 221 (28 October 2009), lot 534.