Co 344 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Rome) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Coin

Is Part Of

Coin Finds

Not after (date)

565

Not before (date)

547

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins

Comparanda

Co 809, Co 1146

Comparanda

BMCVandals Small Bronze Coins 65, 66, p. 26, pl. iii:33

Comparanda

DOCI Justinian I 332, p. 179, pl. XLVI

Comparanda

MIBI Justinianus I 232, pp. 73-74, 127, pl. 34

Contributor Notes

2015 (June 22): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.

Contributor Notes

2023: JLR identified and described coin.

Preservation description

Wear: aVF. Deeply and widely chipped edge; extensive, slight pitting and scratching.

Published as

Hohlfelder1973, p. 99, no. 90

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 74, no. 1157 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Baduila or Justinian”)

Has denomination

Nummus

Numismatic Authority

Justinian I (527-565)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

8.0

Numismatic Mint

Rome

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.58

Obverse Description

Helmeted(?), diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in right hand (schematic)

Obverse Inscription

IVST[INIANVS]

Reverse Description

Lion striding to right within wreath

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Lion (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph