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- Co 309 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Carthage) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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539
- Not before (date)
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534
- 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 Justinian 308, p. 170, pl. XLIV
- Comparanda
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MIBI Justinianus 1 192, p. 139, pl. 31
- Description
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Centering dimple on obverse. Rounded, flat projections from edge at obverse axis 3 and 5: casting sprues?
- Preservation comment
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Wear: G/VG. Extensive, slight pitting and rare, thin scratching; small areas of white corrosion or encrustation(?) on reverse.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 67, no. 1039 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justinian, Uncertain, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
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7
- Has denomination
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Nummus
- Numismatic Authority
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Justinian I (527-565)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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7.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Carthage
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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0.31
- Obverse Description
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Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right (schematic)
- Obverse Inscription
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Inscription with large letters (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
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Large, thin Α (bent bar and serifs); below, C; within dotted border
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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