Cultural object · Europeana
IMAGE- Medium
- COIN
- Year
- 565
- Place
- United Kingdom; Bath and North East Somerset; Bath and North East Somerset
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Provider
- The Portable Antiquities Scheme
- Collection
- 2048087_Ag_EU_AthenaPlus_CollectionsTrust
Gold Semissis of Justin II (565-78). Mint of SicilyObverse. D N IVSTI - NVS P P AVI; Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust rightRev. VICTORIA AVGGG; Victory seated right, inscribing shield; to right, reversed barred-rhoMintmark: * -//CONOBW. Hahn, Money of the Incipient Byzantine Empire, Vol II, no. 24a British Museum Catalogue no. 290.The only semissis of this period to be found in Britain. As it was minted in Sicily, it is quite possible that it arrived as a result of trade via the Strait
archaeology - BYZANTINE
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