- Co 309 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Carthage) [permalink] [show more 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
- DOCI Justinian 308, p. 170, pl. XLIV
- Comparanda
- MIBI Justinianus 1 192, p. 139, pl. 31
- Description
- Centering dimple on obverse. Rounded, flat projections from edge at obverse axis 3 and 5: casting sprues?
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G/VG. Extensive, slight pitting and rare, thin scratching; small areas of white corrosion or encrustation(?) on reverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 67, no. 1039 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justinian, Uncertain, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 7
- 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 (schematic)
- Obverse Inscription
- Inscription with large letters (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- Large, thin Α (bent bar and serifs); below, C; within dotted border
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 309 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Carthage).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0309>
