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- Co 427 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine half-follis of Justin II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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575
- Not before (date)
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574
- Comment
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Coin dated AD 574/5
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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DOCI Justin II 78.1, p. 223, pl. LIII
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 70, no. 1072, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
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6
- Has denomination
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Half-follis
- Numismatic Authority
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Justin II (565-578)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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20.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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6.05
- Obverse Description
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Facing full-length figures of Justin II and Sophia, nimbate and enthroned; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
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[D] N IVSTI–NVS PP AV
- Reverse Description
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Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
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Large K; above, cross | Θ⁺C; to left and right, A|N|N|[O] - X; below, TES
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Aelia Sophia (empress, 565-578)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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