Lombard Kings. Pseudo-Imperial Coinage: Alboin-Cleph- 
Interregnum, ca. 568-584 AD. AR Half Siliqua 0.64 gm, 
struck in the name of Justin II (565-578 AD). 

DN IVSTI-NVS PP [VI?], pearl-diademed and draped bust right.
Chi Rho with cross patée crossbar, star at lower left
and right, all within wreath. 

BMC Vandals 17; MEC 297 var (emperor).
Rare.

With kind permission of Ira & Larry Goldberg, Auctioneers
of Beverly Hills, Auction 56, lot 164.