Unpublished Variety Without Star

425, Lot: 615. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (17.8mm, 4.07 g, 6h). Thessalonica(?) mint. D N IVSTINI ANVS PP AVC, helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield / VICTORI A AVCCC, angel standing facing, holding globus and long cross; CONOB. Cf. DOC 7 (Constantinople) var. (star on reverse); MIBE 22 var. (same); Metalf, Thess. 341-350 var. (same); SB 173C var. (staff surmounted by staurogram and star on reverse). Near EF, edge clipped. Unpublished variety without the star on the reverse.