Victory Over the Berbers?

303, Lot: 470. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Justinian I. 527-565. Æ Pentanummium (15mm, 3.26 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Struck circa 547-552. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AG, large Є; CAR. DOC 306; MIBE 204; SB 276. VF, earthen green patina. Scarce.

From the Bramhall Collection.

Hahn (MIBE p. 68), based on evidence of overstrikes, dates this issue to the mid 6th century. He suggests that it may commemorate the victory of the Byzantine general John Troglita over Berber uprisings.