452, Lot: 795. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.51 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 9th officina. Struck 567-578. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, beardless, and holding globe surmounted by Victory and shield / Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, head right, holding spear and globus cruciger; Θ//CONOB. DOC 4h; MIBE 5; SB 345. Lustrous, areas of flat strike, “+” graffito on obverse. EF.

From the Johnson Family Collection. Ex Paramount [32] (24 February 1973), lot 1448.