Co 624 (Late Roman dekanummion of Justinian I from Constantinople) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
543
Not before (date)
542
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
DOCI Justinian I 79, p. 98 (mint of Constantinople)
Contributor Notes
2014 (June 3): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2024: JLR identified coin.
Description
Both faces struck partly off flan to the side.
Preservation description
Wear: G+. Roughly 45% of lower obverse snapped off, leaving chipped edge; extensive, minute pitting and fissuring. Speckled pale green bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 72, no. 1099 (R. Hohlfelder indentified as “Uncertain, Sixth Century, Decanummium“)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
Dekanummion
Numismatic Authority
Justinian I (527-565)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
18.0
Numismatic Mint
Constantinople
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.08
Obverse Description
Pearl-diademed, [draped, and cuirassed] bust of emperor to right; within dotted border (traces)
Obverse Inscription
[D N IVSTI]ṆỊ-ẠṆ[VS PP AVGC]
Reverse Description
Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted border (traces)
Reverse Inscription
Large I; above, cross; to left and right, A|N|N|O – X|ϥ[I]; mintmark does not survive
Chronology comment
Date 542/3 CE
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph