Co 591 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph