Record ID: SF-69E582
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Byzantine pentanummium/five nummi piece of emperor Justinian I (527-565). The obverse is now blank but would originally have had a bust of an Emperor to the right and an inscription. On the reverse is the Greek letter epsilon or number 5, referring to the denomination of 5 nummi. There is a cross in the right of the field. It was struck between 542-565 in Constantinople. (Ref; MIBE 103b). EMC 2005.0026
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.