425, Lot: 614. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis – 40 Nummi (40.1mm, 23.32 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. Good VF, dark brown patina with traces of green and red.

From the WRG Collection, purchased from William B. Porter.