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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 8392837, member: 110226&quot;]&quot;Ancient&quot; can be a somewhat broad label.&nbsp; If I use the Justinian Plague as the start of the &quot;Dark Age&quot; (which wasn&#039;t so dark), and the end of the Greco-Roman ancient world , I guess my &quot;youngest&quot; ancient would be my Justinian I follis of Constantinople, regnal year 15, 541/42 AD, the period which saw the plague beginning to strike Constantinople and other parts of the empire, making it my youngest ancient coin, by that measure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian I Æ 40 Nummi. Constantinople, dated RY 15 = AD 541/542. D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVC, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman motif; cross in right field / Large M; cross above, ANNO to left, XЧ to right, Δ below, CON in exergue. MIBE 95a; DOC 40d; Sear 163. 22.21g, 39mm, 6h.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/17184.9.37_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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