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¼ Siliqua In the name of Justin II; Open staurogram with dot above

Features

Issuer Lombardy (Lombard Kingdom)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 568-690
Value ¼ Siliqua = 1⁄32 Tremissis
Currency Tremissis (568-690)
Composition Silver
Weight 0.49 g
Diameter 11 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
144681
References DOC I# 215
Alfred Raymond Bellinger; 1992. Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection / Volume 1. Anastasius I to Maurice 491-602 (2nd Edition). Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
, MEC I# 295
Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn; 2007. Medieval European Coinage / Volume 1: The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries): With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
, BMC Vandal# 16
Warwick William Wroth; 1911. Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust facing right and surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: D N IVSTI - NVS PP AV

Unabridged legend: Dominus Noster Justin Perpetuus Augustus

Translation: Our Lord, Justin, perpetual August

Reverse

Opened staurogram with a star on either side, all surrounded by a wreath.

Edge

Plain

Comments

Some sources list these as a 1/4 Siliqua; others list these as a 1/2 Siliqua.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (568-690) 

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