129, Lot: 396. Estimate $100. Sold for $156. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. AV Tremissis (16mm, 1.47 g, 5h). Constantinople mint. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. DOC II 19; MIB I 19; SB 145. Good VF, uneven strike on reverse. A bold portrait.

The major references record a pellet after the reverse legend or four dots; this example shows both. Rare as such.