20 Nummi - Justinian I Antioch; ϱ; Bust Facing

Features

Issuer Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states)
Emperor Justinian I (527-565)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 562-565
Value ½ Follis = 20 Nummi (1⁄360)
Currency First Solidus Nomisma (498-720)
Composition Copper
Weight 8.7 g
Diameter 25 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
299040
References BCV# 232,
David R. Sear, Simon Bendall, Michael Dennis O'Hara; 2006. Byzantine coins and their values (2nd edition). Seaby, London, United Kingdom.
DOC I# 248,
Alfred R. 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 DC, United States.
MIB I# 155
Wolfgang Reinhard Otto Hahn; 1973. Moneta Imperii byzantini / Teil 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.

Obverse

Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield, cross to right.

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 K, cross above, A/N/N/O to left, numerals representing the regnal year to right, ϱ beneath.

Lettering:

K
ANNO XXXↅII
ϱ

Translation:
K : "20" nummi (= half follis).
ANNO XXXↅII : "year 38".
(τHεЧ-)ϱ(-olis)  : "Theopolis" (Antioch).

Mint

ϱ Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

Comments

Legend usually badly blundered.
Antioch was almost destroyed by a great earthquake on 29 November 528, after which it was renamed Theopolis.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (562-563) ϱ Anno XXXЧI (year 36)
ND (563-564) ϱ Anno XXXЧII or XXXↅI (year 37)
ND (564-565) ϱ Anno XXXↅII (year 38)

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