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5 nummi (pentanummium) of Justin II
Byzantine
Early Byzantine Period
A.D. 565–578
Mint: Constantinople
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 2.70 gm.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4849
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: monogram, mostly effaced.
Reverse: E, cross to right.
Attribution is uncertain.
Reverse: E, cross to right.
Attribution is uncertain.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.