Justinian I AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 545-565. D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVI, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVCCC IB, angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. MIBE 7; DOC 278 (Carthage); Sear 140. 4.48g, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine; graffito to obv. edge, minor flan flaws, lustrous metal.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction XXVIII, 8 December 1993, lot 347;
Ex Numismatik Lanz, Auction 22, 10 May 1982, lot 965.