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40 nummi (follis) of Justin I
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
A.D. 518–527
Mint: Constantinople ?
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 12.72 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.278
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: draped, diademed, and cuirassed bust of Justin I to right.
DNIVST[I] [NVS]PPAU
Reverse: M to left: star to right: cross above: cross
below: gamma in exergue [CON]?
DNIVST[I] [NVS]PPAU
Reverse: M to left: star to right: cross above: cross
below: gamma in exergue [CON]?
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Edward Jackson Holmes (1873-1950) Collection; 1932-1941 and 1949-1965: lent by Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes to MFA; 1965: bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes to MFA, March 10, 1965