379, Lot: 396. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II, with Sophia. 565-578. Æ Half Follis (21mm, 8.04 g, 5h). Carthage mint, 6th officina. Dated RY 8 (572/3). Facing busts of Justin, helmeted and cuirassed, and Sophia, crowned and draped; cross above, VITA in exergue / Large K; A/N/N/O to left, cross above, V/III (date) to right, retrograde ς below; KAR. DOC 199; MIBE 76; SB 395. VF, green patina, pit on head of Justin.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 301 (24 April 2013), lot 381; Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Collection (sold previously as the ‘Demarete Collection’).