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| 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 | Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Justinian I facing right, rendered in the late antique imperial style typical of sixth-century Byzantine coinage. The effigy displays the emperor's characteristic diadem with visible pendilia, the drapery of the paludamentum falling over the left shoulder, and the cuirass suggesting military authority. The surrounding field carries the Latin imperial titulature, partially legible on well-preserved specimens. The portrait, though struck on a small flan with characteristic irregularity, conveys the formal hieratic quality associated with Justinianic numismatic art. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Rome |
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