| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
| Year | 529-538 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Follis = 40 Nummi (1⁄180) |
| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 18.4 g |
| Dimensions | 32 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round (irregular) Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | BCV#215B, MIB I#129 |
| Obverse description | Justinian enthroned facing, holding long sceptre and globus cruciger. |
| Obverse script | |
| 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`) |
| Reverse description | Large M between two stars, cross above, officina letter beneath, ☩THЄЧP in exergue. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | ☩
✶M✶
Δ
☩THЄЧP (Translation: M : `40` nummi (= 1 follis). Δ : `4th` officina. THЄЧP(-olis) : `Theopolis` (Antioch).) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | THЄЧP Antioch on the Orontes, Syria,modern-day Antakya, Turkey |
| Mintage | ND
(529-538) THЄЧP A - 1st officina - ND (529-538) THЄЧP Δ - 4th officina - |
| Catalog ID | 4164748690 |
| Comments |
