5 Nummi - Justinian I Carthage; Є ♰, Bust Right

Features

Issuer	Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states)
Emperor	Justinian I (527-565)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	527-565
Value	5 Nummi (Pentanummium) (1⁄1440)
Currency	First Solidus Nomisma (498-720)
Composition	Copper
Weight	2.39 g
Diameter	14.88 mm
Thickness	2.33 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 55142
References	BCV# 274 David R. Sear. Byzantine coins and their values. London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , DOC I# 300 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 (2^nd Edition). Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. , MIB I# 203 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 (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Vienna, Austria.

Obverse

Diademed, draped, 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 Є, cross to right, all within linear border surrounded by wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering: Є ♰

Translation: Є : "5" nummi (= pentanummium).

Edge

Plain

Mint

Carthage, Tunisia

Comments

Obverse legend can vary (usually incomplete).
What makes difference between this type and the constantinople types (BCV 170A/172) is the wreath.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (527-565)

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