Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1160 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine half-follis of Justin II from Thessalonica)

: Co 1160 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine half-follis of Justin II from Thessalonica) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 575
Not before (date): 574
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: DOCI Justin II 78, pp. 223-224, pl. LIII
Contributor Notes: 2012 (November 23): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Preservation description: Wear: VF. One deep chip at obverse upper right. Slight, extensive pitting and cracking; one large delaminated flake from reverse left.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 70, no. 1073, pl. V (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 6
Has denomination: Half-follis
Numismatic Authority: Justin II (565-578)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 23.0
Numismatic Mint: Thessalonica
Numismatic Weight (g): 5.57
Obverse Description: Facing full-length figures of emperor and empress, nimbate and enthroned, Justin holding globus cruciger in right hand, Sophia holding [scepter cruciger] in left hand; within border(?)
Obverse Inscription: D N IVṢ[TIN]–ṾṢ P̣P̣ [AVG]
Reverse Description: Denomination, date. and mintmark within wreath
Reverse Inscription: Large K; above, Θ⁺Ⲥ; to left, and right, A|N|N|Ọ - X; below, TⲈS
Chronology comment: Dated 574/5 CE
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)
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