Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1850. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. Æ Follis (22.98 gm). Nicomedia mint. Dated RY 13 (539/40 AD). Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross in right field / Large M; cross above, date across field; A/NIKM. DOC I -; cf. MIB I 112; SB 201. Good VF, emerald green patina, typical flat spots. ($300)

From the Michael Weller Collection.

This mintmark, NIKM, has heretofore only been noted on post-reform folles of year 12.