- Co 1103 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine half-follis of Justin II from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 577
- Not before (date)
- 576
- Comment
- Coin dated AD 576/7
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCI Justin II 84, p. 225
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F/VF. Extensive marginal chipping; slight, somewhat sparse, minute pitting and scratching. Wide, thin patches of pale bluish green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 70, no. 1076 (R. Hohlfelder identified obverse as “Illegible“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Half-follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Justin II (565-578)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 20.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 5.73
- Obverse Description
- Facing full-length figures of emperor and empress, nimbate and enthroned, Justin holding globus cruciger in right hand and Sophia holding scepter cruciger in left hand; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N] IVSTI–NVS PP [AV]
- Reverse Description
- Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted border
- Reverse Inscription
- Large K; above, [Θ⁺Ⲥ]; to left and right, A|N|N|O - XII; below, TⲈS
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Aelia Sophia (empress, 565-578)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1103 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine half-follis of Justin II 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/co1103>
