Auction #6 Web Product ID: 1529 Estimate: $75.00 Final Sale Price: $111.10 Denomination: Pentanummium Grade: EF black patina Reference: DOC I 90 var.; MIB 99 var.; SB 167 var Justinian I. 527-565 AD. Æ Pentanummium (2.94 gm). Struck year 30 (=556/7 AD). Cyzicus mint. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Large I, cross above; CON (retrograde). DOC I 90 var.; MIB 99 var.; SB 167 var. EF, black patina. Estimate $75. A scarce variety possibly cut by a western die engraver during Justinian's wars of reconquest (cp. DOC I pg. 99, 85.1 note; Grierson pp. 74f).