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303, Lot: 438. Estimate $100.
Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin I & Justinian I. 527. Æ Pentanummium (12mm, 2.07 g, 6h). Antioch mint. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed busts of Justin and Justinian facing / Tyche of Antioch seated right; Э to left; all within distyle shrine. DOC 17; MIBE 13; SB 133. Fine, dark green patina.


From the Bramhall Collection. Ex Robert Bridge Collection (with his ticket).

Justin was an illiterate peasant from Thrace who had acquired the throne through his natural strengths and cunning, but he understood the value of education, especially for his relatives. His nephew Peter was sent to Constantinople, and when his uncle became emperor, Peter was re-christened Justinian and became his trusted advisor. When Justin's health began to fail early in 527, Justinian was readily accepted as co-emperor and the transition of power was uneventful.

This tiny bronze from Antioch has the last depiction of Eutychides’ Tyche of Antioch, appearing on coins of that city since the 2nd century BC, and is the last classical deity to appear on an ancient coin.