Co 179 (Late Roman dekanummion of Justinian I from Constantinople) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Comment

JLR 2024: Coin not found and examined. Identified here as in Kenchreai III. Lost in 1968 with Hassia?

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 67, no. 1033 (R. Hohlfelder)

Axis (1-12)

12

Has denomination

Dekanummion

Numismatic Authority

Justinian I (527-565)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

15.0

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

4.04

Obverse Description

Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border

Obverse Inscription

[D N IVSTI-NIANVS] (traces)

Reverse Description

Denomination, dated, and mintmark within dotted border

Reverse Inscription

Large I; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|N|O - [traces]; below, CON

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)