- Co 316 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 565
- Not before (date)
- 527
- Comment
- C. Morrisson (Morrisson1988, p. 425, n. 10) identified this type as Italian; W. Hahn (MIBI) discussed it under Carthage; A. Bellinger (DOCI) marked it as “uncertain“.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- AdelsonKustas1964, pp. 197, 205, nos. 393-397 (Z 4; Zacha hoard)
- Comparanda
- DOCI Justinian I 373, p. 193, pl. XLVIII
- Comparanda
- MIBI Justinianus 210, pp. 71-72, 127, pl. 32
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VF. Chipped and snapped edge; moderately pitted and gouged faces.
- Published as
- Hohlfelder1973, p. 96, no. 37, pl. 18
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 68, no. 1061 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justinian, Uncertain, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Nummus
- Numismatic Authority
- Justinian I (527-565)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 10.0
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.62
- Obverse Description
- Facing bust of emperor, wearing plumed helmet, diadem and cuirass, holding globus cruciger in right hand; within dotted(?) border
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N IVSTINIA]NVS P P A[V?] (letters are small and blobby)
- Reverse Description
- Cross potent with letters hanging from side arms; within thick wreath
- Reverse Inscription
- To left and right as though hanging from arm of cross, Κ(?, blundered Ⲱ?) - Λ (or Α?)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 316 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0316>
