- Co 382 (Late Roman dekanummion of Justinian I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 562
- Not before (date)
- 561
- Comment
- Coin dated AD 561/2
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCI Justinian I 107, p. 109, pl. XXIV
- Description
- Even allowing for snapped margin and wear this seems to have been an undersized flan.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G. Widely chipped or snapped edges with slight nicking has considerably reduced diameter; extensive, moderate pitting and gouging.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 72, no. 1112 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Sixth Century, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 10
- Has denomination
- Dekanummion
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 11.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.37
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right
- Obverse Inscription
- D N IVST[INIANV]S PP A[VG]
- Reverse Description
- Large I; [above, cross]; to left and right, A|N|N|O – X|X|X|ϥ; in exergue, TⲈS
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 382 (Late Roman dekanummion of Justinian I from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0382>
