Title
Follis of Justinian I
Date
Circa 538-539
Creator
Unknown (Byzantine)
Byzantine
Coverage
Style/Period: Byzantine
Discovery Site: Minted in the first officina of the mint at Nicomedia (İzmit), Turkey.
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Type
coins and medals
Format
Materials/Techniques: Bronze; struck from an obverse (heads) and reverse (tails) die
Measurements: 44 mm to 45 mm in diameter, 2 mm thick, 17.236 grams
Description
Obverse legend: D(ominus)N(oster) IVSTINI-ANVS P(er)P(etuus) AVG(ustus), translation: Our Lord Justinian, Perpetual Augustus; helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing front, holding globus cruciger in right hand and shield in left, crosses on each side of bust. Reverse legend: large M between A/N/N/O and XII, translation: Year 12; a cross in field above and below, an Α; mint mark in exergue: NIK. BCV, p. 61, no. 201.
Subject
coins (money); Byzantine; bronze (metal); bronze disease; dies (tools)
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 995.27.7
Record: UO-MCA-995-27-1
Source
Cataloguer: Deanna Regan, University of Ottawa
Photographer: Melissa Mourez, University of Ottawa
Image Date: 2018-02-16
Rights
The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee