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                                Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 2172. Closing Date: Sep 25, 
                                2002.  THE EMPIRE. JUSTINIAN I. BID Estimate 
                                $750  

                              JUSTINIAN I. 527-565. Æ Follis (10.90 gm). Struck 
                              circa 540-542. Rome mint. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AC, 
                              diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large 
                              M flanked by star and cross; above, cross and 
                              below, ROMA; all within wreath. MIB I 214; DOC I 
                              321a; SB 292. EF, glossy green patina. ($750)
                              The wreath around the mark of value celebrates the 
                              initially unopposed recapture of Rome in 536 by 
                              Belisarius for the empire, which was followed by 
                              the epic siege by the Gothic forces of Witigis 
                              from March 537 to March 538.





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Lot sold for  $600, plus buyers fees.