Description: Justin I (518 - 527 AD). AE Pentanummium, Antioch mint. DN IVSTINVS PP AV; pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Tyche of Antioch, turreted, seated left within columned shrine with half submerged figure of river-god Orontes swimming at her feet, retrograde epsilon to left.

Diameter: AE12 mm

Weight: 1,86 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: SB 111; DOC 57

Commentary: exceptional specimen, olive-grey patina with reddish contrasting deposits, good details with sharp river-god

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: 061-02-05-42750