Description: Justin I (518 - 527 AD). AE Half Follis, Nicomedia mint. N IVSTINVS P AVC; diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Large K, long cros between N and I left, B right

Diameter: AE26 mm

Weight: 10,1 g

Grade: aVF/VF

Attribution: DOC 34b; SB 90

Commentary: rare; excellent specimen with strong portrait, brown-grey patina

History: Justin I stayed illiterate all his life and made probably the ultimate career, being born as peasant and swineherd and ending up as Roman emperor.

Article Number: 060-05-02-42384