Description: Justinian I (527 - 565 AD). AE Pentanummium struck on Decanummium flan with Decanummium obverse (Antioch mint?). IVSTINIANVS; helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield, cross to right / Large E; to right, cross, all within linear border surrounded by wreath.

Diameter: AE16 mm

Weight: 4,22 g

Grade: aVF/VF

Attribution: not in known references

Commentary: prrobably unique; brown patina with lighter deposits

History: 94 Byzantine emperors ruled over the period of 1123 years, 10% of their sarcophagi survavid, but only one (!) emperor, Andronikos II Palaiologos, was found in his own tomb.

Article Number: 003-02-04-44147