CNG 108, Lot: 721. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.39 g, 5h). Ravenna mint, 3rd officina. Struck 552-565. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; star to right; Γ//CONOB. DOC 333a; MIBE 37; Ranieri 316; SB 312. Good VF, graffito on obverse, scraped on reverse.

From the D. Massey Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 51 (5 March 2009), lot 1108.