138, Lot: 274. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. Æ Half Follis (21mm, 8.15 g, 9h). Carthage mint. Struck AD 572/3. Busts of Justin and Sophia facing, crowned; below exergue line, BITA / K, above, cross, to left, A/N/N/O, to right, V/III, below S, in exergue, KAR. DOC I 199 var; cf. SB 395. Near VF.

The varieties with BITA or VITA in the exergue appear to be equally common.