Co 579 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine follis of Justin II from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph