Byzantine coin – HCR44789

Obverse

Inscription:

[in reverse, reading from bottom right]: DИVSTI NSDVI

Design:

Full-length figures of emperor (right) and empress (left), nimbate, sitting on double throne; emperor holds cross in left hand, and empress holds cruciform sceptre. Image is in reverse

Reverse

Inscription:

KVZ, ΛNNO XI

Design:

M, cross above, B below

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Early Byzantine copper coin

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire

Person

Justin II, Byzantine emperor, 565-578

Dating

575-576

Mint

Kyzikos (stated mint)

Denomination

Follis

Metal

copper

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

9.88

Axis

6

Diameter (mm)

26.2

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

broken
contemporary forgery
cracked

Reference

Alfred Bellinger - 1966 - Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. Volume One Anastasius I to Maurice 491-602 : 124c

Reference

W. Hahn and M.A. Metlich - 2009 - Money of the Incipient Byzantine Empire Continued (Justin II - Revolt of the Heraclii, 565-610) : 50a

Contributors to this coin record

nristovska, jbaker