Co 433 (Late Roman follis of Justin I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Not after (date)

527

Not before (date)

518

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Comparanda

DOCI Justin I 8b, p. 39, pl. VII

Preservation comment

Wear: aVF. Slightly chipped and cracked edge; extensive, minute pitting and rare, slight gouging or fissuring. Sparse small areas of white to pale blue bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 60, no. 995 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)

Axis (1-12)

7

Has denomination

Follis

Numismatic Authority

Justin I (518-527)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

34.0

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

16.1

Obverse Description

Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within wreath

Obverse Inscription

D N IVSTI–[N]VS PP AVC

Reverse Description

Denomination, date, and mintmark within wreath

Reverse Inscription

Large Μ; above, cross; to left and right, ✶ - ✶; below, Β; in exergue, CON

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph