445, Lot: 514. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II, with Sophia. 565-578. Æ Half Follis (22.5mm, 9.58 g, 9h). 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, ς below; KAR. DOC 199; MIBE 76; SB 395. Good VF, dark brown surfaces with traces of red, lightly smoothed. An unusually detailed example.