Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1308. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. AV Solidus (4.32 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 545-565 AD. D N IVSTINI ANVS P P AVG, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield / VICTORI A AVGGG, angel standing facing, holding staff surmounted by Christogram and globus cruciger; star in right field; H/CONOB. DOC I 9j; MIB I 7; SB 140. EF, scrape on obverse, clipped flan. Officina letter has been re-cut in the die. ($300)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection.