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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #31
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                  Lot Number: 63123
                  Estimate: $125.00
                  Final Sale Price: $132.00
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                  Denomination: Siliqua
                  Grade: Good VF toned
                  Reference: DOC -; MIB I 53; SB 254




  Justinian I. 527-565 AD. AR Siliqua (1.06 gm). Carthage mint. 537-552 AD. DN
  IVS[TINI] ANVS PP AV, diademed bust right / Monogram within wreath. DOC -; MIB I 53;
  SB 254. Good VF, toned, uneven flan. Estimate $125.

  Ex Italo Vecchi Ltd. Auction 17 (15 December 1999), lot 1272.



  Early references place this siliqua with the Ostrogoths, reading the monogram as
  Amalaswintha, or perhaps with one of the African kings such as Mastinas of the Mauri.
  It is an imperial issue, the monogram being DN IVSTINIANVS.


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