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20 Nummi - Justin II and Aelia Sophia Thessalonica, + type
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 568-578 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Facing busts of Emperor Justin II and Empress Aelia Sophia enthroned side by side, both nimbate; Justin II on the left wearing imperial loros and holding a globus cruciger, Sophia on the right draped in imperial robes and holding a scepter or cruciform staff. The imperial couple is depicted in formal frontal presentation characteristic of Byzantine majesty portraiture, rendered in a hieratic style with bold, stylized features. A cross or other regal emblem may appear between or above the figures. The marginal Latin legend reads D N IVSTINVS P P AVG, identifying the emperor. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N IVSTINVS P P AVG (Translation: Dominus Noster Iustinus Perpetuus Augustus Our Lord, Justin, perpetual august) |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Greek |
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