Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1021 (Late Roman pentanummion of Theodoric in the name of Justin I from Ravenna)

: Co 1021 (Late Roman pentanummion of Theodoric in the name of Justin I from Ravenna) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 526
Not before (date): 493
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: Co 586
Comparanda: BMCVandals Ostrogoths: Theodoric 52-58, p. 53, pl. VI:23, 24
Comparanda: CorinthVI 766, p. 120 (K. M. Edwards)
Comparanda: DOCI Justinian I 370, p. 192, pl. XLVIII (mint “uncertain,” dated AD 538-565)
Comparanda: Kraus1928, p. 98, Theodorich 92, pl. V
Contributor Notes: 2011 (late May): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes: 2023-2024: JLR identified and described coin.
Preservation description: Wear: VF. Large chip along edge and adjacent gouge; extensive, dense pitting.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 72, no. 1106 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Sixth Century, Pentanummium”)
Axis (1-12): 12
Has denomination: Pentanummion
Numismatic Authority: Theodoric (Ostrogothic, Italian, and Visigothic king, 475-526)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 12.0
Numismatic Mint: Ravenna
Numismatic Weight (g): 1.24
Obverse Description: Diademed and draped bust of emperor to right; within thin dotted border
Obverse Inscription: D N ỊṾ[S]-ṬỊṆỊ P (D is retrograde)
Reverse Description: Denomination within thick border
Reverse Inscription: Large V ; above, ✶
Chronology comment: JLR: Prefer the older Ostrogothic identification of this type to Bellinger‘s Justinianic identification (DOCI), because published examples of the obverse legend name Justinus.
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Justin I (518-527)
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