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 (no pellets on breastplate). 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