1951.31.4.395: Coin of Justinian I
Coins
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.395
- People
-
Justinian I, Byzantine (r. c. 527 - 565 CE)
- Title
- Coin of Justinian I
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 545-546 CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Constantinople (Thrace)
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/146170
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 9.95 g
- Die Axis
- 6
- Denomination
- half follis
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Obverse Inscription: DNIVSTINI ANVSPPAVC
- Reverse Inscription: Large "K" above, to l., ANNO (up-->down), to r., XII, beneath, Large "K" above, to l., ANNO (up-->down), to r., XYIII (XY above III), beneath, epsilon
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- DOC 1, 69 (p. 97)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Thomas Whittemore
- Accession Year
- 1951
- Object Number
- 1951.31.4.395
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Bust facing in helmet and plume, diadem and cuirass. In r. hand, g. cr. On l. shoulder, shield with horseman device. In field r., cross. Rev.: K, above, cross, to l., ANNO (written up to down), to r., XYIII (XY above III
Verification Level
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