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- Co 468 (Late Roman bronze coin of Justinian I from Carthage) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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540
- Not before (date)
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539
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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Co 292
- Comparanda
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BMCVandals Small Bronze Coins 91-93, p. 29, pl. iii:44
- Comparanda
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DOCI Justinian I 302, p. 167, pl. XLIII
- Comparanda
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Dengate1981, p. 169, no. 101, pl. 38 (Gymnasium area, Corinth)
- Comparanda
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MIBI Justinianus I 205.2, p. 127, pl. 32
- Comparanda
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Walker1978, p. 46, no. BCB 59, pl. 7
- Contributor Notes
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2008 (May-June): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
- Preservation description
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Wear: aF/VF. Heavy wear around edge; minute, dense pitting on both faces.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 67, no. 1036, pl. IV (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
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6
- Has denomination
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Nummus
- Numismatic Authority
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Justinian I (527-565)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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9.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Carthage
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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1.2
- Obverse Description
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Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right (schematic)
- Obverse Inscription
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IVS[TI-NIAN]
- Reverse Description
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Inscription in two lines within band border, all within bushy wreath
- Reverse Inscription
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VOT | XIII
- Chronology comment
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Dated 539/40 CE
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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