40 Nummi - Justinian I Rome; ✶M✶ A
Features
| Issuer |
Byzantine Empire
(Byzantine states)  |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Justinian I (527-565)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 539-565 |
| Value | 40 Nummi (1⁄180) |
| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 10 g |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 304643 |
| References | BCV# 296 David R. Sear. Byzantine coins and their values. London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). 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. Wolfgang Reinhard Otto Hahn; 1973. Moneta Imperii byzantini / Band 1. Von Anastasius I. bis Justinianus I (491-565) : einschliesslich der ostgotischen und vandalischen Prägungen: Rekonstruktion des Prägeaufbaues auf synoptisch-tabellarischer Grundlage. Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, Austria. 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
Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG
Translation:
D(-ominus) N(-oster) IVSTINIANVS P(-er-)P(-etuus) AVG(-ustus)
"Our Lord Justinian, Perpetual Emperor"
Reverse
Large M between two stars, cross above, A beneath, ROMA in exergue, all within wreath.
Scripts: Greek, Latin
Lettering:
☩
✶M✶
A
ROMA
Translation:
M : "40" nummi (= 1 follis).
ROMA : "Rome".
Mint
| ROMA | Rome, Italy (476-date) |
Comments
Obverse: the legend is sometimes slightly varied, or even a little blundered, and the style of the bust is much coarser., with a larger head and thicker neck.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (539-565) ROMA A | |||||||||||||||
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