MIBE Plate Coin
452, Lot: 781. Estimate $100.
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Justin I. 518-527. Æ Decanummium (21.5mm, 4.71 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 522-527. Justin II, helmeted, draped, and cuirassed, standing right, holding spear and globe / Large I between two stars; cross above; CON. DOC 59 (Justin II); MIBE 22
2 (this coin, illustrated); SB 362 (Justin II). Brown surfaces, some deposits. VF. An exceptional example.
From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from Birkler and Waddell, February 1981. Ex Sternberg (28 November 1975), lot 566 (hammer CHF 600).
David R. Sear in Byzantine Coins and Their Values 2nd ed. wrote: “The reattribution of this type to Justin II, made by Grierson and Bellinger in the Dumbarton Oaks Catalogue, has not received universal acceptance,” p. 92.
