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“)
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
“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>