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20 Nummi - Justinian I Carthage, Bust Right
Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
Year | 527-565 |
Type | Standard circulation coin |
Value | 1/2 Follis = 20 Nummi (1⁄360) |
Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
Composition | Copper |
Weight | 8.5 g |
Dimensions | 22 mm |
Thickness | |
Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
Engraver(s) | |
In circulation to | |
Reference(s) | BCV#262, DOC I#287, MIB I#187, BMC Byz#106 |
Obverse description | Diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, sometimes with cross on breast. |
Obverse script | Latin |
Obverse lettering | D N
IVSTINIANVS P P AG (Translation: D(-ominus) N(-oster) IVSTINIANVS P(-er-)P(-etuus) A(-u-)G(-ustus) `Our Lord Justinian, Perpetual Emperor`) |
Reverse description | Large K, cross to left, stars above and beneath. |
Reverse script | Greek |
Reverse lettering | ✶
♰K
✶ (Translation: K : `20` nummi (= 1/2 follis).) |
Edge | |
Mint | |
Mintage | ND
(527-565) - -
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Catalog ID | 4675028010 |
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