Corinth Coin: 1985 285
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Coin
Name:   1985 285
Title:   Byzantine Copper/Bronze Minimus of Justin I or Justinian I, Uncertain Mint (AD 518 - AD 565)
Year:   1985
Coin Number:   285
Period:   Byzantine
Material:   AE
Denomination:   minimus
Mint:   Uncertain
Authority:   Justin I or Justinian I
Obverse Legend:   illegible
Obverse Type:   Bust r. or l. or facing?
Reverse Type:   Chi-rho in single dot border
Axis Clock:   2?
Weight Description:   0.47
Weight:   0.47
Diameter:   8
Chronology:   AD 518 - AD 565
Context:   NB782 B35 P43
Findspot Description:   Temple E, SW, Trench 1; from ash carbon floor in SE corner of Tr.1 (Frank fl.)
Excavation Date: VII.18.1985
Notebook 782, p.43, Basket 35, NB782 B35 P43, .
Area:   Temple E, Southwest
Notes:   Study Collection. Data Entry Funded by the Kress Foundation. Obv type (bust) is struck mostly off flan and looks too large for the coin.
Code 682.
Reference:   ANSMN XI (1964) Pl.xxx, 345; DOC I, p.170, 311
Published:   Hesperia 1987, p. 41, 69
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Williams & Zervos, Hesperia 56:1, 1987
Image: digital 2010 0050
Image: digital 2010 0051
Image: digital 2010 0052