Corinth Coin: 1977 20
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1977 20
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze 40 Nummia of Justinian I, Constantinople Mint (AD 527 - AD 538)
Year:   1977
Coin Number:   20
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   40 nummia
Mint:   Constantinople
Authority:   Justinian I
Obverse Legend:   DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG
Obverse Type:   Bust r., diad., cuirassed, paludamentum.
Reverse Type:   M
Symbol:   rev.: Chi-Rhos to r., l., and above letter; epsilon below; in ex. CON
Axis Clock:   6
Weight Description:   17.26
Weight:   17.26
Diameter:   34
Chronology:   AD 527 - AD 538
Context:   NB665 B30 P35
Findspot Description:   Forum Southwest, grid ZY-64; debris over floor. Dep Index: Fill 1977-1
Excavation Date: IV.19.1977
Notebook 665, p.35, Basket 30, LOT 77-11, NB665 B30 P35, .
Area:   Forum southwest
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. undated series, not in BMC or DOC
Reference:   Bibliotheque Nationale I., pl.XI, and p.76
Published:   Hesperia 1984, p. 245, 416
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Fisher, Hesperia 53:2, 1984
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