Co 344 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Rome) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

565

Not before (date)

547

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Typological identification

Coin

Comparanda

Co 809, Co 1146

Comparanda

BMCVandals Small Bronze Coins 65, 66, p. 26, pl. iii:33

Comparanda

DOCI Justinian I 332, p. 179, pl. XLVI

Comparanda

MIBI Justinianus I 232, pp. 73-74, 127, pl. 34

Preservation description

Wear: aVF. Deeply and widely chipped edge; extensive, slight pitting and scratching.

Published as

Hohlfelder1973, p. 99, no. 90

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 74, no. 1157 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Baduila or Justinian”)

Axis (1-12)

6

Has denomination

Nummus

Numismatic Authority

Justinian I (527-565)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

8.0

Numismatic Mint

Rome

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.58

Obverse Description

Helmeted(?), diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand (schematic)

Obverse Inscription

IVST[INIANVS]

Reverse Description

Lion striding to right within wreath

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Lion (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph