Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1988. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (4.47 g, 6h). Thessalonica (?) mint. Struck AD 538-545. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield / Angel standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger; star in right field; CONOB. DOC I 7 (Constantinople); MIB 1, 22 (Thessalonica); SB 138 (Constantinople). Near EF, light ‘x’ graffito above cross on obverse.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.