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10 Nummi - Justinian I Rome, ✶I✶, Bust Facing
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 539-565 |
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| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Emperor Justinian I, helmeted and cuirassed, depicted in a frontal military effigy typical of late Roman and early Byzantine coinage. The emperor holds a globus cruciger in his right hand and bears a large decorated shield to his left, both rendered in the hieratic style characteristic of the period. The helmet is adorned with a crest and pendilia flanking the face, lending an austere imperial dignity to the portrait. The surrounding legend reads D N IVSTINIANVS P AVG, distributed around the obverse field in Latin capitals. The style is bold and summarily executed, consistent with the hammered provincial workshop output of the Roman mint under Justinian I. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a large Greek numeral I (denoting 10 nummi) prominently centered in the field, flanked on either side by a six-pointed star. The entire design is enclosed within a neatly rendered laurel wreath, tied at the base, which occupies the full circumference of the flan. A single pellet appears above the I near the wreath border. The composition is simple and bold, serving a clear denominational function consistent with Byzantine numismatic convention for fractional bronze coinage of the Justinianic period. |
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