Experts in Coins & Medals

Justinian I, 527-565. Solidus (Gold, 21 mm, 4.56 g, 12 h), Rome, I = 10th officina, 542-546. D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVC Cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, wearing a helmet with a trefoil ornament, holding a globus cruciger in his right hand, and with a shield, decorated with a horseman, over his left shoulder. Rev. VICTORI-A AVCCC I / CONOB Angel standing facing, holding a long staff surmounted by a staurogram with his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left; in the field to right, star of eight rays. DOC 320f. MIBE 34. SB 291. For another solidus from the same dies, see H.J. Berk FPL 9, February 2019, 167. A very rare type, with a dramatic obverse, sharply struck from fresh dies. Obverse very slightly double struck, minor marks, otherwise, virtually as struck.

KYRENAIKA. Kyrene. Circa 375-305 BC. Obol (Silver, 9 mm, 0.62 g, 3 h), Asiatic (?) standard. Head of Karneios (or Helios) facing slightly to right. Rev. Head of the nymph Kyrene to right. Apparently unpublished, but cf. Buttrey 107, for a similar hemiobol. For a hemiobol seemingly from the same series, see Obolos 39 (2025), 461. Seemingly unique in this denomination. Porous and reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good fine.