- Co 501 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Carthage) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 539
- Not before (date)
- 534
- Comment
- JLR: Follow A. Bellinger (DOCI) in differentiating between two groups of Justinianic 1-nummus issues with large alpha/without mintmark. Those from Constantinople (527-538) are slightly larger and heavier, and show both a bolder denominational marking and more organized and even obverse portrait-legend and reverse wreath/dotted border. Those from Carthage (534-539) are slightly smaller and lighter, and show both a narrower, more attenuated denominational marking and an uneven, schematic, or blundered obverse portrait-legend and variable reverse border, sometimes just a band.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BMCVandals Small Bronze Coins 141-148, p. 34, pl. iv:21
- Comparanda
- DOCI Justinian 309, p. 170, pl. XLIV
- Comparanda
- MIBI Justinianus I 193, p. 126, pl. 31
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F/VF. Slight chipped edge, with deep contiguous marginal cracking; sparse, slight pitting and scratching. Wide patches of thin, white bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 68, no. 1051 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justinian, Uncertain, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 11
- Has denomination
- Nummus
- Numismatic Authority
- Justinian I (527-565)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 7.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Carthage
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.39
- Obverse Description
- Diademed and draped bust of emperor to right (schematic)
- Obverse Inscription
- ]NV[ (large and uneven)
- Reverse Inscription
- Tall, narrow A (uneven, with bent bar and serifs) within thin, irregular wreath
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 501 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Carthage).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0501>
