Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2254. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. AV Solidus (4.42 gm). Struck 527-538 AD. Constantinople mint. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust THREE-QUARTERS FACING TO RIGHT, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy / VICTORI-A AVGGG, angel standing facing, holding jewelled cross and globus cruciger; star in right field; A/CONOB. DOC I 3a; MIB 5; BN 1-3 var. (different officinae); SB 137. EF, high relief, small scratch in obverse field, light bump on cheek. ($400)