- Co 1280 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine follis of Justin II from Nicomedia) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 569
- Not before (date)
- 568
- Comment
- Coin dated AD 568/9
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- DOCI Justin II 94b, p. 227
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Clipped in angles around obverse left side; extensive, slight pitting and fissuring, and moderate cracks and marginal flaking especially on obverse. Small, thin areas of white to pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 68, 90, no. 1062 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Follis
- Numismatic Authority
- Justin II (565-578)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 25.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Nicomedia
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 8.52
- Obverse Description
- Enthroned, nimbate figures of Justin and Sophia (left and right), each holding globus cruciger(?); within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N I]VSTINVS PP AV
- Reverse Description
- Denomination, date, and mintmark within band border
- Reverse Inscription
- Large Μ; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|N|O - II|II; beneath, Β; in exergue, NIKO
- 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 1280 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine follis of Justin II from Nicomedia).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co1280>
