| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
| Year | 538-558 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1/2 Follis = 20 Nummi (1⁄360) |
| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 11.6 g |
| Dimensions | 30 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | BCV#208, DOC I#182, MIB I#121, BMC Byz#258 |
| 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(-vstvs) `Our Lord Justinian, Perpetual Emperor`) |
| Reverse description | Large K, rarely with two pellets at the end of each limb, cross above, A/N/N/O to left, numerals representing the regnal year to right, Y/Z beneath. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | ☩
K
ANNO XЧIII
YZ (Translation: K : `20` nummi (= half follis). ANNO XЧIII : `year 18`. YZ : `Cyzicus`.) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | YZ Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey |
| Mintage | ND
(538-539) YZ - Anno XII (year 12) - ND (539-540) YZ - Anno XIII (year 13) - ND (540-541) YZ - Anno XIIII (year 14) - ND (541-542) YZ - Anno XЧ (year 15) - ND (542-543) YZ - Anno Xↅ (year 16) - ND (543-544) YZ - Anno XЧII (year 17) - ND (544-545) YZ - Anno XЧIII or ЧIXII (year 18) - ND (545-546) YZ - Anno ЧIXIII (year 19) - ND (546-547) YZ - Anno XX (year 20) - ND (547-548) YZ - Anno XXI (year 21) - ND (548-549) YZ - Anno XXII (year 22) - ND (549-550) YZ - Anno XXIII (year 23) - ND (550-551) YZ - Anno XXIIII (year 24) - ND (551-552) YZ - Anno XXЧ (year 25) - ND (555-556) YZ - Anno XXↅIII (year 29) - ND (556-557) YZ - Anno XXX (year 30) - ND (557-558) YZ - Anno XXXI (year 31) - |
| Catalog ID | 6822936490 |
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