Byzantine coin – HCR44696

Obverse

Inscription:

DNIVSTI NVSPPAVI

Design:

Bust right, with helmet, diadem, cuirass and paludamentum

Reverse

Inscription:

COB, CLORIARO MANORVM

Design:

Full-length figure of emperor, nimbate, looking right, wearing military costume; holds spear in right hand, and globus cruciger in left. Star or pellet below left hand

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Early Byzantine silver coin

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire

Person

Justin II, Byzantine emperor, 565-578

Dating

565-578

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine) (stated mint)

Denomination

double siliqua

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.34

Axis

6

Diameter (mm)

21

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

20/12/1990

Source

D. R. Walker

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by D. R. Walker, 1990.

broken

Reference

Alfred Bellinger - 1966 - Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. Volume One Anastasius I to Maurice 491-602 : 17

Reference

W. Hahn and M.A. Metlich - 2013 - Money of the Incipient Byzantine Empire. Anastasius I-Justinian I 491-565 : 29

Contributors to this coin record

nristovska, jbaker