Experts in Coins & Medals

Justinian I, 527-565. Half Follis (Bronze, 30 mm, 10.76 g, 3 h), Carthage, regnal year XIII = 13 = 539/540. D N IVSTIN-IANI PP AV Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, holding a globus cruciger with his right hand, and with a shield decorated with a horseman, over his left shoulder; in the field to right, cross. Rev. A/N/N/O - XIII / SO / KAR Large K; above, cross. DOC 294. MIBE 196. SB 264. Brown patina. Good very fine.

EGYPT. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Drachm (Bronze, 33 mm, 24.50 g, 1 h), dated regnal year ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ (10) = 146/7. ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΕΙΝΟC CΕΒ ΕΥC Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. L ΔΕ-ΚΑΤΟΥ Isis, wearing basileion, seated to right; on knee, Harpokrates seated, crowned with skhent and holding lotus flower. Dattari (Savio) 8535. Geissen 1547. RPC IV.4, 1000.4 (this coin). Very Rare. Attractive brown patina. Very fine.