406, Lot: 812. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.49 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 9th officina. Struck 567-578. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding crowning Victory on globus and shield / Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, head right, holding scepter and globus cruciger; Θ//CONOB. DOC 4h; MIBE 5; SB 345. EF, hint of deposits, areas of weak strike at periphery, die rust on obverse, minor clipping.

From the George Bernert Collection.