Description: Justinian I (527 - 565 AD). AE Half Follis, Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG; pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large K, long cross to left with T-H-E-U-O-P in the four angles, B right.

Diameter: AE26 mm

Weight: 8,08 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: SB 226; DOC 211

Commentary: scarce; green patina with sand deposits, great portrait

History: Justinian was probably the last emperor, who was thinking about himself as a Roman emperor of the empire created by Augustus and feeling strong urge to recreate the territorial unity.

Article Number: 053-01-01-41652