Co 337 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Carthage) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
539
Not before (date)
534
Comment
JLR: Follow A. Bellinger (DOCI) in differentiating between two groups of Justinianic 1-nummus issues with large alpha/without mintmark. Those from Constantinople (527-538) are slightly larger and heavier, and show both a bolder denominational marking and more organized and even obverse portrait-legend and reverse wreath/dotted border. Those from Carthage (534-539) are slightly smaller and lighter, and show both a narrower, more attenuated denominational marking and an uneven, schematic, or blundered obverse portrait-legend and variable reverse border, sometimes just a band.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
BMCVandals Small Bronze Coins 144, p. 34, pl. iv:21
Comparanda
DOCI Justinian 309, p. 170, pl. XLIV
Comparanda
MIBI Justinianus I 193, p. 126, pl. 31
Description
Large casting pit obscures middle of reverse.
Preservation comment
Wear: F/VF. Widely chipped edge and rare marginal flaking; some sparse, slight to moderate pitting.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 68, no. 1044 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justinian I, Uncertain, Nummus“)
Axis (1-12)
6
Has denomination
Nummus
Numismatic Authority
Justinian I (527-565)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
8.0
Numismatic Mint
Carthage
Numismatic Weight (g)
0.42
Obverse Inscription
Diademed and draped bust of emperor to right (schematic)
Obverse Inscription
IVST[ (large and irregular letters)
Reverse Inscription
Large A (squat and uneven, with bent bar and serifs); no border?
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph