| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 540 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Solidus |
| Currency | First Solidus Nomisma (498-720) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 4.38 g |
| Diameter | |
| Thickness | |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reference(s) | BMC Byz#7 |
| Obverse description | Bust of Justinian I from the front with head seen from three-quarters, wearing a plumed helmet and a diadem, beardless, wearing armor, holding a transverse spear behind his head with his right hand and with his left hand a shield decorated with a group of horsemen charging with their spears on an enemy. |
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| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | D N IVSTINIANVS P F AVG (Translation: Dominus Noster Justinianus Perpetuus Augustus. Our lord Justinian, perpetual august.) |
| Reverse description | Victory standing to the left, wearing chiton and peplos, holding a globe surmounted by a chrism in her right hand; a star in left field, value mark in exergue, officina mark ending the lettering. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | VICTORIA AVGGG I CONOB (Translation: Victoria Augustorum Tertium. The victory of our three augusts. Constantinopoli Obryzum. Constantinople, 1/72 pound pure gold.) |
| Edge | |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | ND (540) I - 10th officina - |
| Numisquare ID | 4157635020 |
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