CNG 112, Lot: 677. Estimate $400. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (28mm, 14.70 g, 6h). Rome mint, 1st officina. Struck 538-544. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large M; star to left, cross to right; cross above; A//ROMA; all within wreath. DOC 324c; MIBE V218; SB 298. Green patina, some deposits, a few light scratches. VF.

From the Johnson Family Collection. Ex Birkler & Waddell FPL 2 (March 1981), no. 50.