The gold coin of Justinian was found in 1969 inside the submerged Imperial Nymphaeum of Punta dell’Epitaffio, during the recovery operations of the statues of Ulysses and his companion with a wineskin. Dating back to the VI century A.D., for a long time it was considered important for the dating of the complex’s abandonment. It was believed to be attributable to a Late Antiquity burial inside the ancient nymphaeum of Claudius, though it had lost its function since a long time. However, the most recent studies have questioned this interpretation: the context of the coin’s discovery does not seem, in fact, completely certain.