Co 809 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Rome) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph