| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
| Year | 555-565 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Decanummium = 10 Nummi (1⁄720) |
| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 5 g |
| Dimensions | 18 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | BCV#205, DOC I#155, MIB I#118, BMC Byz#228 |
| Obverse description | Pearl 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(-vstvs) `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, NIK in exergue. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | ☩
I
ANNO XXXII
NIK (Translation: I : `10` nummi (= decanummium). ANNO XXXII : `year 32`. NIK : `Nicomedia`.) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | NIK Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey |
| Mintage | ND
(555-556) NIK - Anno XXↅIII (year 29) - ND (556-557) NIK - Anno XXX (year 30) - ND (557-558) NIK - Anno XXXI (year 31) - ND (558-559) NIK - Anno XXXII (year 32) - ND (559-560) NIK - Anno XXXIII (year 33) - ND (560-561) NIK - Anno XXXIIII (year 34) - ND (561-562) NIK - Anno XXXЧ (year 35) - ND (562-563) NIK - Anno XXXↅ (year 36) - ND (563-564) NIK - Anno XXXↅI (year 37) - ND (564-565) NIK - Anno XXXↅII (year 38) - ND (565) NIK - Anno XXXↅIII (year 39) - |
| Catalog ID | 1833928120 |
| Comments |
