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445, Lot: 524. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian II. First reign, 685-695. AR Hexagram (22.5mm, 6.43 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, uncertain officina. Struck 692-695. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; cross behind / Justinian standing facing, wearing crown and loros, and holding akakia and cross potent set on two steps; [?]//CONOP. DOC 17; MIB 40; Yannopoulos Type II; SB 1259. Good VF, toned, ragged flan, small obverse die break, flatly struck in areas, a few light scratches. Very rare with an excellent portrait of Christ.


David Sear notes that these were struck with solidus dies.