Description: Justinian I (527 - 565 AD).AE Pentanummium, Constantinople mint. D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG; pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust right; large cross cut into defaced surface / Large Є, Γ right.

Diameter: AE12 mm

Weight: 1,42 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: DOC I 96; SB 170

Commentary: interesting specimen; dark grey patina with sandy deposits

History: Justinian was very unpopular and those types were issued only years after dozens of thousands were killed by his soldiers in Nika riots.

Article Number: 063-02-07-43702