Co 316 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

565

Not before (date)

527

Comment

C. Morrisson (Morrisson1988, p. 425, n. 10) identified this type as Italian; W. Hahn (MIBI) discussed it under Carthage; A. Bellinger (DOCI) marked it as “uncertain“.

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Comparanda

AdelsonKustas1964, pp. 197, 205, nos. 393-397 (Z 4; Zacha hoard)

Comparanda

DOCI Justinian I 373, p. 193, pl. XLVIII

Comparanda

MIBI Justinianus 210, pp. 71-72, 127, pl. 32

Contributor Notes

2008 (May-June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Preservation description

Wear: VF. Chipped and snapped edge; moderately pitted and gouged faces.

Published as

Hohlfelder1973, p. 96, no. 37, pl. 18

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 68, no. 1061 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justinian, Uncertain, Nummus“)

Has denomination

Nummus

Numismatic Authority

Justinian I (527-565)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

10.0

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.62

Obverse Description

Facing bust of emperor, wearing plumed helmet, diadem and cuirass, holding globus cruciger in right hand; within dotted(?) border

Obverse Inscription

[D N IVSTINIA]NVS P P̣ Ạ[V?] (letters are small and blobby)

Reverse Description

Cross potent with letters hanging from side arms; within thick wreath

Reverse Inscription

To left and right as though hanging from arm of cross, Κ(?, blundered Ⲱ?) - Λ (or Α?)

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Christian Cross (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph