Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2271. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANIC TRIBES, Uncertain. AR Gilt Bracteate (23mm, 0.69 g, 12h). Struck in the name of Justinian I, AD 527-565. D II IVSTINILIILS P P LVC, diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield / Incuse of obverse. Cf. DOC I 8 and 139 (for obv. type). VF, toned, attachment traces at three points.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.