Follis (40 Nummi) of Justin I, Emperor of Byzantium from Constantinople

A.D. 518–27

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 15.07 g, 6:00, 32 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli
Accession Number: 2001.87.3868
Geography: Made in Constantinople
Culture: Byzantine
Period: 6th century A.D.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Bust of emperor, diademed and wearing cuirass and paludamentum, r.

Reverse Description: M, above which cross; to r. and l. six-pointed star; in exergue, CON

Provenance

Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money, nummi

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