8916
Sold At Auction #40
Lot Number: 64668
Final Sale Price: $71.50
Denomination: 8 Nummi
Reference: Cf. DOC I 100ff.; MIB I 173; SB 192A var

 Justinian I. 542-547 AD. Æ 8 Nummi (3.46 gm). Thessalonica mint. 538-542 AD. D N
  IVSTINI-[ANVS PP AVG], diademed bust right/ Large H flanked by A P, faint IwX above.
  Cf. DOC I 100ff.; MIB I 173; SB 192A var. (IwX). Fine, brown-green patina. Rare,
  "primitive" style of the first issue of 8 nummi from Thessalonica. Estimate $100.

Online auction number 40 closed October 22, 2001.

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