¼ Siliqua In the name of Justin II; Closed staurogram without dot below
Features
| Issuer |
Lombardy
(Lombard Kingdom)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 568-690 |
| Value | ¼ Siliqua = 1⁄32 Tremissis |
| Currency | Tremissis (568-690) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 0.77 g |
| Diameter | 12 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 144722 |
| References | MEC I# 295 Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn; 2007. Medieval European Coinage / Volume 1: The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries): With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Warwick William Wroth; 1911. Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust facing right and surrounded by legend.
Script: Latin
Lettering: D N IVSTI - NVS PP AVC
Translation:
Dominus Noster Justin Perpetuus Augustus
Our Lord, Justin, perpetual August
Reverse
Closed staurogram with a star on either side, all surrounded by a wreath.
Script: Greek
Edge
Plain
Comments
Some sources list these as a 1/4 Siliqua; others list these as a 1/2 Siliqua.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (568-690) | |||||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 97
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