Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 1258 (Late Roman half-follis of Justin II from Thessalonica)

: Co 1258 (Late Roman half-follis of Justin II from Thessalonica) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Coin
Comment: JLR 2025: CHECK COIN AND GET PIX
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: DOCI Justin II 62, p. 220
Contributor Notes: 2012 (November 23): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Preservation description: Wear: aG. Extensive green bronze disease; corrosion and attrition(?) has reduced diameter and weight.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, pp. 71-72, no. 1097 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Sixth Century, Half-Follis”)
Axis (1-12): 12
Has denomination: Half-follis
Numismatic Authority: Justin II (565-578)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 18.0
Numismatic Mint: Thessalonica
Numismatic Weight (g): 4.54
Obverse Description: Helmeted bust of emperor facing
Reverse Description: Denomination, date, and mintmark within dotted border
Reverse Inscription: Large K; above cross; to left and right, A|N|N|[O] - ỊỊ ; below, ṬⲈ̣Ṣ
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)