172, Lot: 327. Estimate $100. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (26mm, 12.52 g, 5h). Carthage mint. DN IVSTI NIANI PP AG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, cross on breast / Large M between star and cross; cross above, B/KART. DOC I 286 var.; MIBE 184; SB 259. VF, green patina.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.

The variant name IVSTINIANI appears on some of the fractional bronzes of Carthage, but it is not previously attested on the folles.