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Light Solidus - Justin II Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 565-578 |
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| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal helmeted and cuirassed bust of Emperor Justin II facing the viewer, depicted in a hieratic Byzantine style typical of sixth-century gold coinage. The emperor wears a plumed helmet adorned with pendilia and a military cuirass with elaborate pteryges visible at the shoulders. In his right hand he holds a small figure of Victory standing on a globe, while his left arm bears a large shield decorated with a horseman motif. The surrounding legend reads D N IVSTINVS PP AVG, identifying the emperor as Dominus Noster Iustinus Perpetuus Augustus. The flan is slightly irregular, consistent with hammered production at the Constantinople mint. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N IVSTINVS PP AVG (Translation: "Dominus Noster Iustinus Perpetuus Augustus" (Our Lord Justinus perpetual august)) |
| Reverse description | The enthroned personification of Constantinopolis seated facing, her head turned to the right, rendered in the formal allegorical tradition of late Roman and early Byzantine coinage. She is depicted wearing a helmet and military dress, holding a long scepter or spear in her right hand and a globus cruciger in her outstretched left hand. The exergue bears the mint mark OBXX, denoting the lightweight solidus standard struck at Constantinople. The surrounding legend VICTORIA AVGGG is divided by an officina letter, framing the reverse field. The style is characteristic of the Constantinople mint under Justin II, with crisp but slightly irregular die work. |
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