174, Lot: 250. Estimate $100. Sold for $245. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Pentanummium (15mm, 2.37 g). Carthage mint. Sturck 542-547. Diademed and draped bust right / Large E; cross to right, all within linear frame and wreath. DOC I 300; MIBE 203a; SB 274. Good VF, dark green patina. Marvelous hook-nosed portrait, almost a caricature of Justinian’s features.