- Co 591 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 532
- Not before (date)
- 527
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- BMCVandals Small Bronze Coins 149, p. 35, p. Iv:22
- Comparanda
- MIBI Justinianus I 178, pp. 68, 126, pl. 30
- Comparanda
- sim. Co 720
- Description
- Flan undersized by up to 30-40%, though hard to estimate how much of edge has snapped away.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Snapped edge; extensive, slight pitting and gouging on obverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 68, no. 1054 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justinian, Uncertain, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Nummus
- Numismatic Authority
- Justinian I (527-565)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 9.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.48
- Obverse Description
- Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- D N [IVS]TIN[IANVS P P] AVC
- Reverse Description
- Denomination and manufacturing mark within thick wreath
- Reverse Inscription
- Large, bold A with P on top (bent bar and serifs; partly effaced by weathering); left and right fields empty
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 591 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0591>
