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Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1326. Estimate $200. 
Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. 
Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTIN II. 565-578 AD. Æ Follis (9.67 gm, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Dated RY 8 (572/3 AD). D N IVSTINVS P P AV, Justin and Sophia enthroned facing, both nimbate and crowned; cross between heads, serpentine pattern below throne / Large M; cross above, ANNO G/II across field; B/NIKO. DOC I 98c; MIB II 46b; SB 369. Choice EF, sharp strike, red-brown patina. Exceptional for issue. ($200)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica (26-27 October 1995), lot 786 (incorrect regnal year).

Reading the dates on Byzantine bronzes can be problematic, especially when dealing with the numerals 5 (U) and 6 (G). Generally the "U" is straight across the top of the uprights, while "G" may have only the slightest of curves. Also in this period, the provincial folles of Nicomedia and Cyzicus have a variety of subsidiary symbols in the exergue on the obverse- wavy lines, crescents, dots, crosses and so forth. Their significance is unknown.