95, Lot: 178. Estimate $200. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. Æ Follis (33mm, 23.17 gm). Nicomedia mint. Dated Year 12 (538/9 AD). Helmeted, diademed, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy; cross in right field / Large M, cross above; ANNO and XII (date) on either side; A//NIK. DOC I 116a; SB 201. Good VF, on an oversized flan, brown and green patina.