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- Co 275 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine half-follis of Justin II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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577
- Not before (date)
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576
- Comment
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Coin dated AD 576/7
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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DOCI Justin II 84, p. 225
- Preservation comment
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Wear: flatstruck F. Nicking around edges; thin flaking on obverse top; sparse, minute pitting and scratching.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 70, no. 1075, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
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6
- Has denomination
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Half-follis
- Numismatic Authority
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Justin II (565-578)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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21.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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6.27
- Obverse Description
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Nimbate, full-length figures of Justin and Sophia enthroned facing
- Obverse Inscription
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[D N IVSTI-N]VS PP A[V]
- Reverse Description
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Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
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Large Κ; above, [Φ+]Ϲ; to left and right, [AN]NO – XI[I]; in exergue, TⲈS
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Aelia Sophia (empress, 565-578)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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