Co 357 (Late Roman pentanummion of Justin I from Antioch) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
527
Not before (date)
518
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
Co 374
Comparanda
DOCI Justin I 57, pp. 55-56, pl. XI
Contributor Notes
2015 (June 23): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2023: JLR identified and described coin.
Preservation description
Wear: aG/G. Now rounded edges appear widely chipped, snapped, or clipped, reducing size by ca. 40%; extensive, moderate pitting to gouging; marginal flaking.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 72, no. 1132 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Indeterminate Monogram, Sixth Century, Nummus“)
Axis (1-12)
11
Has denomination
Pentanummion
Numismatic Authority
Justin I (518-527)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
8.5
Numismatic Mint
Antioch on the Orontes
Numismatic Weight (g)
0.75
Obverse Description
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
Obverse Inscription
D [N IV]S[TI]NVS PP AVC
Reverse Description
Turreted Tyche sitting to left inside distyle vaulted shrine[, with river-god Orontes swimming at her feet]; within wreath (traces)
Reverse Inscription
To left of figure, large retrograde Ⲉ (two bars effaced)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Tyche/Fortuna (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph