Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1081. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. Æ Half Follis (7.14 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Dated RY 31 (557/8 AD). Helmeted facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large K; cross above, date across field; NI. DOC I 153; MIB I 116a; SB 203. EF, dark green patina, short flan but still rare in this condition. ($200)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XIX -"Byzantine Sale" (19 February 1992), lot 120.