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20 Nummi - Justinian I Antioch, CH, Bust Facing
Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
Year | 542-543 |
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Value | 1/2 Follis = 20 Nummi (1⁄360) |
Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
Composition | Copper |
Weight | 12 g |
Dimensions | 29 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
Engraver(s) | |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | BCV#229, DOC I#236, MIB I#153 |
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 K, cross above, A/N/N/O to left, numerals representing the regnal year to right, CH (under little bar) beneath. |
Reverse script | |
Reverse lettering | ☩
K
ANNO Xↅ
CH (Translation: K : `20` nummi (= half follis). ANNO Xↅ : `year 16`. CH(-ЄЧpolis) : `Theopolis` (Antioch).) |
Edge | |
Mint | CH Antioch on the Orontes, Syria,modern-day Antakya, Turkey |
Mintage | ND
(542-543) CH - Anno Xↅ (year 16) -
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Catalog ID | 3355356230 |
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