Record ID: GLO-A8A3F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Semissis of Justin II (565-78). Mint of Sicily Obverse. D N IVSTI - NVS P P AVI; Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev. VICTORIA AVGGG; Victory seated right, inscribing shield; to right, reversed barred-rho Mintmark: * -//CONOB W. 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.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelston', grid reference and parish protected.