Description
Collection Number: WC 1281
Object Number:
Dates: 542 - 552
Denomination: Solidus
Dimensions: 21.00mm
Weight: 4.24g
Authority: Justinian I
Languages: Latin
Obverse Type: DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVC; Frontal bust, helmeted, cuirassed, holding globus cruciger and shield
Obverse Legend:
DN IVSTINI-NVS PP ΛVI
Obverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Obverse Mintmarks:
N/A
Obverse Inscription Comment: I for C, A unclear, I over trefoil
Reverse Type: VICTORI-A AVCCCoff., Angel standing frontal, holding Chrismon topped staff and globus cruciger, star right, in exergue CONOB
Reverse Legend:
VICTORI-A AVCCCΘ
Reverse Inscription Languages: Latin
Reverse Mintmarks:
-/ //CONOB
Reverse Inscription Comments: B looks like R with dot at bottom left; A unclear
Bibliography
MIBE 1 p. 113 n. 7, Plate 13
MIB I pp. 108-109 n. 7, Plate 15
DOC I pp. 70-71 n. 9i, Plate --
BNP p. 71 nn. 18-19, Plate IX
BMC Byz vol. 1, p. 27 nn. 16-17, Plate --
cf. Ratto p. 25 n. 460, Plate XII
cf. Sabatier p. 177 n. 3, Plate XII,3
Tolstoj p. 298 n. 38, Plate 19
Sommer p. 55 n. 4.3
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