| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
| Year | 569-578 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Follis = 40 Nummi (1⁄180) |
| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 16 g |
| Dimensions | 31 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | BCV#379 |
| Obverse description | Justin left and Sophia right, seated facing on double-throne, both nimbate, each holding a long sceptre (sometimes topped by a cross) and, between them, a cross on globe. |
| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | D N
IVSTINVS P P AVG (Translation: “Dominus Noster Iustinus Pater Patriae Augustus” (Our Lord Justin, Father of Nation, August)) |
| Reverse description | Large M, ANNO to left, cross above, regnal year (sometimes with star beneath) to right, officina letter below, mintmark THEUP`, THEUPO or THEUPO`. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | ☩
M
ANNO IIIII
tHϵЧP` (Translation: M = 40 (Nummi) ANNO IIIII = Year 5 tHϵЧP` = Theoupolis (Antioch)) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | tHϵЧP` Antioch on the Orontes, Syria,modern-day Antakya, Turkey |
| Mintage | ND
(569-570) tHϵЧP' A - Anno IIIII (Year 5); 1st Officina - ND (569-570) tHϵЧP' B - Anno IIIII (Year 5); 2nd Officina - ND (569-570) tHϵЧP' Γ - Anno IIIII (Year 5); 3rd Officina - ND (569-570) tHϵЧP' Δ - Anno IIIII (Year 5); 4th Officina - ND (570-571) tHϵЧP' B - Anno ЧI (Year 6); 2nd Officina - ND (570-571) tHϵЧP' Γ - Anno ЧI (Year 6); 3rd Officina - ND (571-572) tHϵЧP' A - Anno ʕI (Year 7); 1st Officina - ND (571-572) tHϵЧP' A - Anno ЧII (Year 7); 1st Officina - ND (571-572) tHϵЧP' B - Anno ʕI (Year 7); 2nd Officina - ND (571-572) tHϵЧP' B - Anno ЧII (Year 7); 2nd Officina - ND (571-572) tHϵЧP' Γ - Anno ʕI (Year 7); 3rd Officina - ND (571-572) tHϵЧP' Γ - Anno ЧII (Year 7); 3rd Officina - ND (572-573) tHϵЧP' Γ - Anno ʕII (Year 8); 3rd Officina - ND (572-573) tHϵЧP' Γ - Anno ЧIII (Year 8); 3rd Officina - ND (573-574) tHϵЧP' Γ - Anno ʕIII (Year 9); 3rd Officina - ND (574-575) tHϵЧP' Γ - Anno X (Year 10); 3rd Officina - ND (575-576) tHϵЧP' Γ - Anno XI (Year 11); 3rd Officina - ND (576-577) tHϵЧP' B - Anno XII (Year 12); 2nd Officina - ND (576-577) tHϵЧP' Γ - Anno XII (Year 12); 3rd Officina - ND (577-578) tHϵЧP' Γ - Anno XIII (Year 13); 3rd Officina - |
| Catalog ID | 1312210890 |
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