Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1754. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN II. Second Reign, 705-711 AD. AV Solidus (4.28 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 705 AD. Facing bust of Christ, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; cross behind head / Facing bust of Justinian, wearing crown and loros, holding cross potent on three steps and patriarchal globus inscribed PAX. DOC II 1; MIB III 1; SB 1413. EF, clipped and bent flan, graffiti. ($750)

From the Christopher Connell Collection.