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JUSTIN II Decanummium
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 566-572 |
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| Weight | 4.2 g |
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| Obverse description | Facing helmeted and cuirassed bust of Emperor Justin II, depicted frontally in the Byzantine imperial military tradition. The emperor wears a crested helmet adorned with a decorative plume, and a cuirass with visible pauldrons. The face is rendered with characteristic late antique stylization, with large almond-shaped eyes and a rigid, hieratic expression. No surrounding legend is present on this denomination. The flan is irregular, as is typical of hammered Byzantine copper coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Central large numeral I (denoting 10 nummi) occupies the field, flanked by the mint and regnal abbreviations arranged in two columns. To the left, the letters V and S are arranged vertically; to the right, TI above NI, together reading VSTI/NI and identifying the issuing emperor Justin (II). Two pellets appear above the numeral I. The design is characteristic of Byzantine decanummia of this reign, with bold, deeply struck letterforms on a compact, irregularly shaped copper flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | V TI I S NI (Translation: Justin (II) I = 10 nummi) |
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