147, Lot: 468. Estimate $200. Sold for $430. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.38 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 527-538. Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / Angel standing facing, holding cross and globus cruciger; star in right field; B/CONOB. DOC I 5b; SB 137. VF.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.