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Siliqua - Justinian I GLORIA ROMANORVM, Constantinopolis, Head Right
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 527-565 |
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| Value | 1 Siliqua = 1⁄24 Solidus Nomisma |
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| Obverse description | Draped and cuirassed bust of Emperor Justinian I facing right, wearing a diademed helmet adorned in the late Roman imperial tradition. The effigy is rendered in a stylized, slightly abstracted manner characteristic of early Byzantine hammered coinage. The obverse legend encircles the bust within a beaded border, reading D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG. The portrait displays visible paludamentum at the shoulder, conveying imperial military authority. |
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| Reverse description | The emperor Justinian I, nimbate and standing facing with head turned to right, depicted in full imperial regalia. In his right hand he holds a spear, while his left hand supports a globus cruciger, symbolizing Christian dominion over the world. A star appears in the right field, and the mint mark COB is placed in the exergue. The reverse legend GLORIA ROMANORVM — 'Glory of the Romans' — runs around the periphery within a beaded border, reflecting the continued Roman imperial ideology of the early Byzantine state. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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