| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
| Year | 547-565 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Decanummium = 10 Nummi (1⁄720) |
| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 4.4 g |
| Dimensions | 18 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | BCV#209, DOC I#193, MIB I#123, BMC Byz#138 |
| Obverse description | Diademed, draped, cuirassed bust 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 surmounted by cross or star, A/N/N/O to left, numerals representing the regnal year to right, KYZ in exergue. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | ☩
I
ANNO XXXIII
KYZ (Translation: I : `10` nummi (= 1 decanummium). ANNO XXXIII : `year 33`. KYZ : `Cyzicus`.) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | KYZ Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey |
| Mintage | ND
(547-548) KYZ - Anno XXI (year 21) - ND (556-557) KYZ - Anno XXX (year 30) - ND (557-558) KYZ - Anno XXXI (year 31) - ND (559-560) KYZ - Anno XXXIII (year 33) - ND (560-561) KYZ - Anno XXXIIII (year 34) - ND (561-562) KYZ - Anno XXXЧ (year 35) - ND (563-564) KYZ - Anno XXXↅI (year 37) - ND (564-565) KYZ - Anno XXXↅII (year 38) - |
| Catalog ID | 9267107030 |
| Comments |
