Coin Item Number: 3095/593 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Byzantine coin of Justin II, 565-578. Obverse: bust of Justin II, facing front, with diadem; to left, he holds a globe with [Victory standing on top]; to right, cross; to left, inscription says ‘ΔNVS’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: large ‘K’; to left, ‘ANNO’ in a vertical position; to right, a star and ‘I’; above, cross; beneath, ‘P’ with a diagonal line attached to the bottom portion.

History Of Use

"Half-Follis" (denomination); DO# 145; Sear# 380.