Byzanz: Iustinus II.

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Events

Created

When	565-578 CE
Where	Antioch on the Orontes

Commissioned

Who	Justin II (520-578)

Owned

Who	Heinrich Wefels (-1931)
When	Before 1931

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Justin II (520-578)

Relation to places

Near East

Keywords

5 Nummi Bronze Christliche Ikonographie Coin Early Middle Ages Early Middle Ages Emperor Middle Ages

Description

Front: Monogramm des Iustinus II. und der Sophia. Monogramm steht für IOVCTINOY KAI COΦIAE (OY in Ligatur übereinander geschrieben).
Rear: Das Wertzeichen Є (= 5), im r. F. ein Kreuz.

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 15 mm
Weight: 1.92 g

Literature

A. R. Bellinger, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection I (1966) 250 Nr. 186.
W. Hahn, Moneta Imperii Byzantini II (1975) 101 Nr. 65 a. - zur Auflösung des Monogramms siehe A. R. Bellinger, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection I (1966) 218 Anmerkung zu Nr. 60.