- Co 357 (Late Roman pentanummion of Justin I from Antioch) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 527
- Not before (date)
- 518
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- Co 374
- Comparanda
- DOCI Justin I 57, pp. 55-56, pl. XI
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG/G. Now rounded edges appear widely chipped, snapped, or clipped, reducing size by ca. 40%; extensive, moderate pitting to gouging; marginal flaking.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 72, no. 1132 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Indeterminate Monogram, Sixth Century, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 11
- Has denomination
- Pentanummion
- Numismatic Authority
- Justin I (518-527)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 8.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.75
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- D [N IV]S[TI]NVS PP AVC
- Reverse Description
- Turreted Tyche sitting to left inside distyle vaulted shrine[, with river-god Orontes swimming at her feet]; within wreath (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- To left of figure, large retrograde Ⲉ (two bars effaced)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Tyche/Fortuna (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 357 (Late Roman pentanummion of Justin I from Antioch).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0357>
