304, Lot: 440. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Justinian II. First reign, 685-695. Æ Half Follis (20mm, 8.79 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 3rd officina. Dated RY 3 (687/8). Crowned bust facing, holding globus cruciger / Large M; cross above, A/N/N/O III across field; Γ. DOC 21 var. (officina); MIB 47; SB 1262. Near VF, black patina, roughness and light smoothing. Struck on an unusually round, thick, and heavy flan.
From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 0896. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 133, lot 281.