168, Lot: 280. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Pentanummium (22mm, 3.28 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 538-542. Diademed and draped bust right / Large E; A to right. DOC I 96a; SB 170. Good VF, dark green patina with earthen highlights.

Although undated, these pentanummi can by dated to the early years of Justinian’s reform by their large diameter.