Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1147. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AR Half Siliqua (0.54 g). Carthage mint. Struck 533-534. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / O-V/T-M in the angles of a cross; all within wreath; retrograde CONOS. Cf. DOC 282; cf. MIBE 52; SB 256. EF, slightly off center. Great metal for issue. Extremely rare.