Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1714. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $183. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTIN II. 565-578 AD. Æ Follis (15.97 gm). Antioch mint. Dated year 7 (571/2 AD). Justin and Sophia enthroned, holding sceptres and globus cruciger between them / Large M; date U/II, G//THEUPO. DOC I 152c; MIB II 57a; SB 379. Good VF, brown and green patina. Overstruck on a pre-reform follis. ($150)

From the Christopher Connell Collection.

Coins from the Antioch mint were usually struck on freshly-prepared flans; it is highly unusual to find an overstrike in this period.