Coin of Justinian I

Obv.: Bust 3/4 r. wearing cuirass with three pellets in front and helmet with plume, trefoil ornament and diadem the ties of which do not show. With r. hand holds spear behind head. The locks of hair to r. have become a mere dissociated dot. On l. shoulder, shield with horseman device. Rev.: Angel facing in tunic and pallium. In r. hand long linear cross; in l., gl. cr. In field r., star.