Sear 84. More examples.  Return to the main page with coins of Justin from Nicomedia.
Nicomedia mint

Sear 84 = Hahn 35a³, plate 7 = DO 29a.1. Sear 84 is not illustrated, but Sear 83 is. (Sear 84 is the listing for Sear 83 except with the addition of the cross above head.)
Hahn 35a says "sometimes with cross or star."  DO 29 is as DO 28 but "with cross rising from in front of the diadem." Illustrated with two examples on plate IX.
Stars either side of M. Cross above. Officina below. In ex: NIKM.

Officina A:


30 mm. 15.14 grams. 7:00.
bold cross above head.
Officina A





32-30 mm. 15.18 grams. 6:00.
Cross above head very clear on the coin, but not in the photo. This needs a new photo!
Officina A





32-31 mm. 15.64 grams. 6:30.
Bold cross above head.
Officina A





30 mm. 15.80 grams. 6:30.
Double struck.
Clear cross above head.
Officina A.





30 mm. 14.35 grams. 6:30.
Bold cross above head.
Officina B.





31-30 mm. 18.28 grams. 6:30.
Small bold cross above head.
Officina A.





  31 mm. 15.44 grams. 6:00.
  Very weak, but certain, cross above head.
  Officina A.





  30 mm. 13.96 grams. 6:30.
  Clear cross above head.
  Officina A.






35-34 mm. 17.02 grams. 6:30
Small cross above head.
Officina A.





  31-30 mm. 15.96 grams. 6:30.
  Cross above head, slightly covered.
  Officina A.





  32-31 mm. 14.26 grams. 6:00.
  Double struck, both obverse and reverse.
  Clear cross above head.
  Officina A.






30 mm. 14.10 grams. 6:00.
Corroded cross above head,
slightly more visible on the coin itself.
Officina A.




Officina B:


33-30 mm. 17.42 grams. 6:30.
Clear cross above head.
Officina B.





30 mm. 15.11 grams. 6:30.
Cross above head.
Officina B.



32-30 mm. 15.25 grams. 7:00.
Clear cross above head.
Officina B





33-32 mm. 15.70 grams. 6:30.
Clear cross above head.
Officina B





30-28 mm. 16.13 grams. 6:30.
Clear cross above head.
Officina B





30-26 mm. 16.30 grams. 6:30.
Cross above head certain. Top part off the flan.
Officina B





30-29 mm. 13.71 grams. 7:00.
Clear cross above head.
Officina B? (small?) or Gamma?? (Not certain.)





31-30 mm. 17.99 grams. 6:00
Bold cross above head.
Officina uncertain. Possibly A.





30 mm. 14.35 grams. 6:30.
bold cross above head.
Officina B.





33-32 mm. 15.78 grams. 6:30.
Bold cross above head.
Officina uncertain, possibly B.



30-27 mm. 14.20 grams. 6:30.
Clear cross above head.
Officina B.





29 mm. 18.25 grams. 6:30.
Definite cross above head.
Officina B.





31-30 mm. 17.48 grams. 6:30.
Large bold cross above head.
Officina B.






  32 mm. 13.98 grams. 6:30.
  Ragged flan.
  Certain cross above head.
  (More evident on the coin than this image)
  Officina B. (Clear on the coin, if not the image)





Return to this type on the Justin page on cross-above-head coins.