- Co 579 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine follis of Justin II from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 576
- Not before (date)
- 575
- Comment
- Coin dated AD 575/6
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCI Justin II 40a, p. 212
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aF. Irregular chipping to snapping and gouging along edge and obverse lower right quadrant; sparse gouging across reverse. Incipient to patchy light blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 68-69, no. 1063 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Justin II (565-578)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 31.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 13.27
- Obverse Description
- Nimbate Justin and Sophia enthroned facing; within band border
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N I]VSTI-NVS PP AV
- Reverse Description
- Denomination, date, and mintmark within band border
- Reverse Inscription
- Large M; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|N|O-X|I; below, A; in exergue, CON
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Aelia Sophia (empress, 565-578)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 579 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine follis of Justin II from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0579>
