Obverse: two frontal busts of soldiers or the Emperor and his wife, separated by a cross. Struck off center. Reverse: an I surmounted by a cross flanked by Left: [symbol]; Right: [symbol resembling w] below in ex. [three symbols] Denomination: decanummium Size: 1.6 cm Weight: 3.78 g Condition: fair Content: AE Provenience: Naga-ed-Der, Egypt. Hoard of 68 coins (6-23121-88) Mint Date: Alexandria Heraclitus 610-14 A.D. Reference: Warwick Wroth. Byzantine Coins.
Collection place:
Uncertain tomb and cemetery, Naga-ed-Der, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Egypt; Nada-ed-Der
Culture or time period:
Byzantine (395-1453 AD) and Coptic Egypt (312–641 AD)