Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
Co 569 (Late Roman pentanummion of Justin II and Sophia)
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Type
Inventoried Coin
Comment
JLR 2024: CHECK COIN AND GET PIX
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Preservation comment
Wear: P.
Published as
KenchreaiIII
, p. 58, no. 818 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
Axis (1-12)
1
Has denomination
Pentanummion
Numismatic Authority
Aelia Sophia (empress, 565-578)
Numismatic Authority
Justin II (565-578)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
11.0
Numismatic Weight (g)
0.83
Obverse Description
Monogram of emperor and empress (traces)
Reverse Description
Denomination and mintmark within two band borders
Reverse Description
Large Ⲉ; to right, Γ (?)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Suggested citation
“Co 569 (Late Roman pentanummion of Justin II and Sophia).” In
Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0569>