Watch List notes:

*Justinian II, 1st reign (685-695), fractional siliqua, uncertain western mint, possibly Sardinia, facing bust wearing crown surmounted by cross, rev., cross, Δ and an uncertain letter, 0.43g (DO -; MIB -), very fine and apparently unpublished (ex M.D. O'Hara collection). When Carthage fell to the Arabs early in the reign of Justinian II the mint was moved to Sardinia. Gold and copper coins are recorded there but no silver. The present coin bears an extremely similar bust of the emperor to that which appears on his Sardinian gold issues (as MIB 19). We are grateful for the assistance of Simon Bendall in cataloguing this and the following lot.

Estimate: £700 - 1000