303, Lot: 455. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Follis (38mm, 21.26 g, 6h). Theoupolis (Antioch) mint, 4th officina. Dated RY 16 (542/3). Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O Xς across field; Δ//(CT)HЄЧPO. DOC 216c var. (star beneath date); MIBE 144a; SB 219. VF, dark green patina, roughness.

From the Bramhall Collection. Ex Robert Bridge Collection (with his ticket).

Struck after the sacking of Antioch by the Persians. There are no coins from this mint dated to the two preceding years.