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20 Nummi - Justinian I Carthage, SO, Bust Facing
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 539-540 |
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| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal bust of Emperor Justinian I, helmeted and cuirassed, facing the viewer directly in the hieratic Byzantine imperial style. The emperor wears a crested helmet adorned with pendilia and a diadem, and is clad in elaborate military dress with detailed paludamentum. In his right hand he holds a globus cruciger, and his left hand grasps a shield. The legend surrounds the bust in the field, and small cross symbols flank the imperial effigy to either side, reinforcing the Christian imperial iconography characteristic of Justinianic coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG (Translation: D(-ominus) N(-oster) IVSTINIANVS P(-er-)P(-etuus) AVG(-ustus) `Our Lord Justinian, Perpetual Emperor`) |
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| Mintage | ND (539-540) KAR - Anno XIII (year 13) |
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