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Description: | 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 Straits of Gibraltar or the River Garonne.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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