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5 Nummi - Justinian I Carthage, Є II
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 527-565 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (527-565) |
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Carthage operated as a semi-autonomous mint under Byzantine administration, and its output consistently diverged from Constantinople's conventions in ways that still puzzle specialists. The Є II mark on this piece denotes the second officina at Carthage — a mint that Justinian re-established after the Vandal reconquest of 533–534, meaning any example predating that campaign belongs to a very narrow production window tied directly to the logistics of Belisarius's North African expedition.
The 5 nummi denomination saw almost no use in eastern mints by this period. Carthage kept striking them long after Constantinople had effectively abandoned the denomination in everyday accounting.