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Light Solidus - Justin II VICTORIA AVGGG, Antioch
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 565-578 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The enthroned personification of Constantinopolis seated facing, her head turned to the right, depicted in regal attire with a crested helmet, holding a long spear in the right hand and a plain globus in the left. The figure is rendered in a formal, hieratic manner typical of Antiochene mint production under Justin II. The exergue carries the mint mark OB flanked by star-cross-star devices, identifying the issue as a light solidus of 22 siliquae struck at the Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. The reverse legend encircles the field within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | VICTORIA AVGGG Θς OB*+* (Translation: "Victoria Augustorum - Theoupolis" (Victory of the Augusts - Antioch) 22 Siliquae) |
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| Mintage | ND (565-578) |
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