- Co 624 (Late Roman dekanummion of Justinian I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 543
- Not before (date)
- 542
- Comment
- Coin dated AD 542/3
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCI Justinian I 79, p. 98 (mint of Constantinople)
- Description
- Both faces struck partly off flan to the side.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G+. Roughly 45% of lower obverse snapped off, leaving chipped edge; extensive, minute pitting and fissuring. Speckled pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 72, no. 1099 (R. Hohlfelder indentified as “Uncertain, Sixth Century, Decanummium“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- Dekanummion
- Numismatic Authority
- Justinian I (527-565)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 18.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.08
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, [draped, and cuirassed] bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N IVSTI]NI-AN[VS PP AVGC]
- Reverse Description
- Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- Large I; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|N|O – X|ϥ[I]; mintmark does not survive
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 624 (Late Roman dekanummion of Justinian I 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/co0624>
