Co 307 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Carthage) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
539
Not before (date)
534
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AdelsonKustas1964, pp. 195-196, 205, nos. 355-372, pl. XXX (Z 1; Zacha hoard)
Comparanda
DOCI Justinian 309, p. 170, pl. XLIV
Preservation comment
Wear: P/F. Extensive, slight to moderate pitting and rare gouges. Incipient bronze disease?
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 67, no. 1037 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justinian, Uncertain, Nummus“)
Axis (1-12)
10
Has denomination
Nummus
Numismatic Authority
Justinian I (527-565)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
7.0
Numismatic Mint
Carthage
Numismatic Weight (g)
0.31
Obverse Description
Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription
Inscription with large letters (traces)
Reverse Inscription
Large Α (bent bar and serifs); below, C; within wreath
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph