- Co 1261 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Antioch) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Comment
- JLR: This type was an Antiochene issue under both Justin I (e.g., Co 357, Co 374) and Justinian I, but the scale of the design and the obverse portrait of this coin favor its identification with Justininian.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCI Justinian I 205, p. 135
- Description
- Flan is drastically undersized so that it displays less than half of the type, and even so the reverse is struck too far to right.
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P/F. Extensive, moderate chipping around edge; extensive, moderate pitting and minor cracking.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 61, no. 965 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 9
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Has denomination
- Pentanummion
- Numismatic Authority
- Justinian I (527-565)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 6.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.98
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, [draped, and cuirassed] bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- Inscription is off flan
- Reverse Description
- [Turreted Tyche sitting to left inside] distyle vaulted shrine; within wreath
- Reverse Inscription
- To left (along right preserved margin), retrograde Ⲉ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 1261 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Antioch).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1261>
