Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2257. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. AV Solidus (4.52 gm). Struck 538-545. 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; S/CONOB. DOC I 8 var. (different officinae); MIB 6; BN 5; SB 139. EF. ($400)