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Solidus of Justin I

Solidus of Justin I

r. 518 - 527 CE

Justin I

Byzantine

Obv.: Bust 3/4 r. wearing helmet with plume and diadem, tunic, cuirass, and paludamentum. With r. hand holds spear behind head. On l. shoulder, shield with device of horseman spearing fallen foe. Rev.: Angel facing in tunic and pallium. In r. hand long cross; in l. gl. cr. In field r., star

Gold

Byzantine period, Early

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