Watch List notes:

Justin I, 518-527. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.49 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 522-527. D N IVSTINVS P P AVG Pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justin I facing, his head turned slightly to right, holding spear in his right hand and a shield, decorated with a horseman spearing a fallen foe, over his left shoulder. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGG I / CONOB Angel standing facing, holding long jewelled cross in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in field to right, star. DOC 2i. MIBE 3. SB 56. A splendid, lustrous and sharply struck example. Virtually as struck.


From the Nea Rhomē Collection, formed in the early 2000s.