Justin I came to power in 518 essentially by accident — an illiterate Macedonian peasant-soldier who had risen through the ranks, he was already in his sixties when the palace guard elevated him after Anastasius I died without a clear successor. His nephew Justinian handled most of the administrative machinery from the start. The Antioch mint, one of the most active eastern production centers, struck this small module throughout the reign under that divided authority.
DOC I 57 places this firmly within the Antiochene fabric, distinguished from Constantinople issues by mint-specific control marks.
Justin I came to power in 518 essentially by accident — an illiterate Macedonian peasant-soldier who had risen through the ranks, he was already in his sixties when the palace guard elevated him after Anastasius I died without a clear successor. His nephew Justinian handled most of the administrative machinery from the start. The Antioch mint, one of the most active eastern production centers, struck this small module throughout the reign under that divided authority.
DOC I 57 places this firmly within the Antiochene fabric, distinguished from Constantinople issues by mint-specific control marks.