Extremely Rare 1½ Nummi

CNG 84, Lot: 1590. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin I. 518-527. Æ 1½ Nummi (11mm, 0.80 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large T; star to left and right. DOC -; MIBE N75; Metalf, Folles -; SB -. Good VF, green patina. Extremely rare.

From the Peter Lee Collection.

The last example of this type was sold in the Moneta Imperii Romani Byzantini Sale (Stack’s, 12 January 2009), lot 3053, where it realized $6000