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Tremissis - Justinian I VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 527-565 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Victory personified standing right upon a globe, head turned to the left, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand and a globus cruciger (cross on globe) in her left hand. A star and a dot appear to the right of the figure in the field. The mint mark CONOB appears in the exergue, denoting gold of the Constantinople mint refined to the highest standard. The reverse type follows the standard iconographic programme of Byzantine tremisses struck under Justinian I, with the legend distributed around the periphery of the field. |
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| Reverse lettering | VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM CONOB (Translation: "Victoria Augustorum" (Victory of the Augusts)) |
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Justinian I's tremissis circulated across a Mediterranean world the emperor was actively trying to reunify by force — his generals Belisarius and Narses were simultaneously campaigning in North Africa, Italy, and Spain during the coin's production window. The tremissis, worth one-third of a solidus, was the smallest gold denomination in regular Byzantine use and moved freely through trade networks stretching from the Persian frontier to Visigothic Hispania.
Constantinople's mint output during this reign was prodigious, driven by the fiscal demands of near-continuous warfare. Struck on thin, slightly irregular flans, these pieces are frequently found off-center.