| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
| Year | 550-556 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Follis = 40 Nummi (1⁄180) |
| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 19.8 g |
| Dimensions | 37 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | BCV#221, DOC I#221, MIB I#146, BMC Byz#297 |
| 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 M, cross (rarely with four pellets in the angles) above, A/N/N/O to left, numerals representing the regnal year to right, officina letter beneath, τHЧΠ∕ in exergue. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | ☩
M
ANNO XXↅI
B
τHЧΠ∕ (Translation: M : `40` nummi (= 1 follis). ANNO XXↅI : `year 27`. B : `2nd` officina. τH(-ε-)ЧΠ(-oλις) : `Theopolis` (Antioch).) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | τHЧΠ∕ Antioch on the Orontes, Syria,modern-day Antakya, Turkey |
| Mintage | ND
(550-551) τHЧΠ∕ Є - Anno XXIIII (year 24); 5th officina - ND (551-552) τHЧΠ∕ A - Anno XXЧ (year 25); 1st officina - ND (551-552) τHЧΠ∕ B - Anno XXЧ (year 25); 2nd officina - ND (551-552) τHЧΠ∕ Γ - Anno XXЧ (year 25); 3rd officina - ND (551-552) τHЧΠ∕ Є - Anno XXЧ (year 25); 5th officina - ND (552-553) τHЧΠ∕ A - Anno XXↅ (year 26); 1st officina - ND (552-553) τHЧΠ∕ B - Anno XXↅ (year 26); 2nd officina - ND (552-553) τHЧΠ∕ Z - Anno XXↅ (year 26); 7th officina - ND (552-553) τHЧΠ∕ Γ - Anno XXↅ (year 26); 3rd officina - ND (552-553) τHЧΠ∕ Є - Anno XXↅ (year 26); 5th officina - ND (553-554) τHЧΠ∕ A - Anno XXↅI (year 27); 1st officina - ND (553-554) τHЧΠ∕ B - Anno XXↅI (year 27); 2nd officina - ND (553-554) τHЧΠ∕ Γ - Anno XXↅI (year 27); 3rd officina - ND (553-554) τHЧΠ∕ Δ - Anno XXↅI (year 27); 4th officina - ND (553-554) τHЧΠ∕ Є - Anno XXↅI (year 27); 5th officina - ND (554-555) τHЧΠ∕ A - Anno XXↅII (year 28); 1st officina - ND (554-555) τHЧΠ∕ B - Anno XXↅII (year 28); 2nd officina - ND (554-555) τHЧΠ∕ Γ - Anno XXↅII (year 28); 3rd officina - ND (554-555) τHЧΠ∕ Δ - Anno XXↅII (year 28); 4th officina - ND (555-556) τHЧΠ∕ A - Anno XXↅIII (year 29); 1st officina - ND (555-556) τHЧΠ∕ B - Anno XXↅIII (year 29); 2nd officina - ND (555-556) τHЧΠ∕ Γ - Anno XXↅIII (year 29); 3rdofficina - ND (555-556) τHЧΠ∕ Δ - Anno XXↅIII (year 29); 4th officina - ND (555-556) τHЧΠ∕ Є - Anno XXↅIII (year 29); 5th officina - |
| Catalog ID | 9213242330 |
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