- Co 809 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Rome) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 565
- Not before (date)
- 547
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- Co 344, Co 1146
- Comparanda
- BMCVandals Small Bronze Coins 65, 66, p. 26, pl. iii:33
- Comparanda
- DOCI Justinian I 332, p. 179, pl. XLVI
- Comparanda
- MIBI Justinianus I 232, pp. 73-74, 127, pl. 34
- Label or tag text
- coin on wall(?) in S. area which is parallel to patterned floor corridor
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P/aG. Moderately nicked edge; extensive, moderate pitting and rare gouging.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 59, no. 861 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 11
- Has denomination
- Nummus
- Numismatic Authority
- Justinian I (527-565)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 8.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Rome
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.57
- Obverse Description
- [Helmeted], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- [ IVSTINI]ANVS [ ]
- Reverse Description
- Lion striding to right within wreath
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Lion (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 809 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Rome).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0809>
