Description
Country or authority: Byzantine Empire
Year or date range: AD 559–560 (if regnal year read as XXXIII); otherwise within AD 538–565 for this type
Denomination: Follis (40 nummi)
Composition: Bronze
Ruler or portrait: Justinian I (AD 527–565)
Mint or mintmark: Nicomedia; exergue appears NIK(O)
Catalogue references: Provisional (unverified): SBCV 201; MIBE I 113a; DOC I 135b (variant)
Obverse description: Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust with plume; beaded necklace; small crosses in fields; traces of legend [DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG] around (largely off‑flan/illegible).
Reverse description: Large M; cross above; ANNO downward in left field; right field shows XXXIII (probable); officina letter beneath M unclear (possibly Γ/Δ/Є); exergue reads NIK(O).
Description and condition notes: Well‑circulated large module follis of Justinian I. Portrait and reverse devices are bold; peripheral legend mostly off flan. Patina with light encrustation. Officina letter and final exergue character indistinct; regnal year appears as XXXIII.
