148, Lot: 411. Estimate $75. Sold for $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (41mm, 22.85 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 2nd officina. Dated RY 13 (539/40). Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman riding right; cross to right / Large M; date across field; cross above; B//NIKO. DOC I 117b; SB 201. Near VF, red-brown patina, areas of black and green, slightly granular surfaces. Struck on a large flan.

From the Robert Kutcher Collection.