Byzanz: Iustinus II.

Contact Cite this page Data sheet (PDF) Calculate distance to your current location Archived versions Mark for comparison Graph view

Deutsch

Events

Created

When	565-578 CE
Where	Rome [Probably]

Created

When	565-578 CE
Where	Ravenna [Probably]

Commissioned

Who	Justin II (520-578)

Owned

Who	Heinrich Wefels (-1931)
When	1912-1931

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Justin II (520-578)

Relation to places

Italy

Keywords

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

Description

Front: Drapierte Panzerbüste des Iustinus II. mit Diadem in der Brustansicht nach r.
Rear: Das Wertzeichen E (= 5), daneben r. ein Kreuz, umgeben von einem Kranz.

Inscription

Vorderseite: D N IVSTI-NVS PP

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 14 mm
Weight: 2.19 g

Literature

A. R. Bellinger, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection I (1966) 262 Nr. 217 (Iustinus II., Ravenna).
W. Hahn, Moneta Imperii Byzantini II (1975) 103 Nr. 86 Taf. 8 (Iustinus II., Rom).