396, Lot: 597. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justin II. 565-578. Æ Pentanummium (11mm, 1.26 g, 6h). Mint in Sicily(?). Struck 567-572. [D]N IVS [TINI P P] (S retrograde), diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large V (mark of value); star above; all within wreath. DOC 209 (Rome); MIBE 84; Anastasi –; SB 405 (Rome). VF, green patina.

There is no consensus as to where this coin was struck: MIBE suggests a mint Sicily, Sear, and DOC give the type to Rome, while the BN gives it to Ravenna.