Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1707. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. Æ Follis (15.82 gm). Nicomedia mint. Struck 527-538 AD. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large M flanked by star and cross; cross above; A//NIKM. DOC I 109; MIB I 104; SB 198. Good VF, dark brown patina. Much superior to the Sear plate coin. ($250)

From the Christopher Connell Collection.