JUSTIN II GOLD SOLIDUS – 22 SILIQUA WEIGHT ISSUE OF ANTIOCH – CHOICE AU NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 19582)

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19582. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. JUSTIN II, AD 565–578.
Gold Solidus of 22 siliqua weight, 4.01 g, 20 mm. Issue of Antioch (or possibly Constantinople).
Obv. D N IVSTINVS PP AVI, facing bust of Justin II holding Victory who crowns him. Rev. VICTORIA AVCCC ΘS, Constantinopolis seated, facing, looking right, holding scepter and globus, OB *+* in exergue.
Sear 376 (as Theoupolis, Antioch).
NGC graded CHOICE AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, “edge bend,” “clipped” noted. Sear attributes these to Antioch, but notes that they have been placed at Constantinople by Hahn.