Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Decanummium of Constantinople

Date
578 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1973.1150
Material
Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Decanummium
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Tiberius II
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1125
Site
Sardis
Sector
RT
Trench
TY 73
Locus
RT North Colonnade (area of)
B-Grid Coordinates
E50.5 / S7.6 *98
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust facing in consular robes ONTIbЄRPPAV; Reverse: I, above †, in ex. CON.
Condition
Chipped around edges
Dimensions
Weight: 2.6g; Diameter: 15mm.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
DOC I, p. 274, no. 18
Author
JDE