Cleveland Museum of Art
Half Tremissis of Justinian I
- Date
- 527–565
- Medium
- gold
- Culture
- Byzantinium, Constantinople, Byzantine period, 6th century
- Department
- Medieval Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This solidus was issued during the reign of Emperor Justin II, successor of Justinian the Great. Tremissis means "a third of a unit," referring to this coin's value in ancient Greece.
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