| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
| Year | 542-543 |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Value | Decanummium = 10 Nummi (1⁄720) |
| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 4.5 g |
| Dimensions | 22 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | BCV#235, DOC I#251, MIB I#156 |
| Obverse description | Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield, cross to right. |
| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | D N
IVSTINIANVS P P AVG (Translation: D(-ominus) N(-oster) IVSTINIANVS P(-er-)P(-etuus) AVG(-ustus) `Our Lord Justinian, Perpetual Emperor`) |
| Reverse description | Large I, between X-ↅ, surmounted by cross, legend preceded by officina letter around, τHЄЧP in exergue. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | B CONCORDI
☩
X I ↅ
τHЄЧP (Translation: B : `2nd` officina. CONCORDI(-a) : `In Harmony`. I : `10` nummi (= 1 decanummium). Xↅ : `16` (year). τHЄЧP(-olis) : `Theopolis` (Antioch).) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | τHЄЧP Antioch on the Orontes, Syria,modern-day Antakya, Turkey |
| Mintage | ND
(542-543) τHЄЧP B - Xↅ (year 16); 2nd officina - |
| Catalog ID | 3776641380 |
| Comments |
