Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1712. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $440. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTIN II. 565-578 AD. AV Lightweight Solidus of 22 Siliquae (4.01 gm). Antioch mint? Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus surmounted by victory and shield; pellet in helmet crest / Constantinopolis seated facing, holding spear and globus; QS//OB*+*. DOC I 138 (Antioch); MIB II 8 (Constantinople); Grierson 33 (Thessalonica); SB 376 (Antioch). Good VF, light scuff marks. ($400)

From the Christopher Connell Collection.