Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1618. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. AV Solidus (4.46 g, 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, S/CONOB. DOC I 9f; MIB I 7; SB 140. EF, lustrous, flan flaw and die cracks on reverse. ($300)