JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 AD. AV Solidus (4.49 gm). Struck 542-565 AD. 
      Uncertain Balkan(?) mint. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed 
      facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman 
      spearing a fallen enemy / VICTORI-A AVGGG, angel standing facing, holding 
      long cross and globus cruciger; star in right field; IB/CONOB. DOC I -; 
      MIB -; BN -; N. Fairhead and W. Hahn, "The Monte Judica Hoard and the 
      Sicilian Moneta Auri under Justinian I and Justin II" in Studies in Early 
      Byzantine Gold Coinage, ANSNS 17 (1988), pg. 46; SB 328D var. (officina 
      not listed). EF. Rare. ($750) From the Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection. Ex 
      Jean Elsen Vente 55 (19 & 21 December 1998), lot 984; Hunt Collection 
      (Sotheby's, 5-6 December 1990), lot 81.


Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 2259.
 
 Lot sold for $800, plus buyers fees.

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