Extremely Rare Ravenna Mint Half Follis

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 832. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ 20 Nummi-Half Follis (5.79 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Dated RY 34 (560/1). [D] N IVSTI NIANVS, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large K; cross above, A/N/N/O X/XX/IIII across field; RAB. DOC I -; Ravenna 101 var. (arrangement of date); MIBE V236/236 (obv./rev.); SB 324. VF, brown and green patina, obverse struck slightly off center. Extremely rare.