411, Lot: 481. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. AR Ceremonial Miliarense (24mm, 3.35 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. D N IVSTI-NVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; all within border of large pellets / [GLORIA] RO-MANORVM, emperor, in military attire, standing facing, head right, holding spear and globus cruciger; star to right; all within border of large pellets. DOC 16.1; MIBE 28; SB 354. VF, toned, holed twice with some resulting edge loss. Extremely rare, only three cited in MIBE.

DOC identifies their two similar pieces as “medallions” while Hahn calls them miliarensia, but notes (MIBE p. 26): “The border (seemingly imitating a medallion mount) as well as the occasional holes indicate their use as awards.”