Justinian II, First Reign (AD 685-695). AV solidus (19mm, 4.16 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 2/5, scuffs, die shift, clipped. Constantinople, 1st officina, AD 692-695. IhS CRIStDS RЄX-RЄϚNANtIЧM, half-length bust of Christ facing, with long hair and full beard, wearing pallium and colobium, cross behind head, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left arm / D IЧSTINI-ANЧ-S SERЧ CHRISΤI, full-length figure of Justinian II standing facing, wearing crown and loros, cross potent with base on two steps in right hand, akakia in left; H in lower right field, CONO-P below. Sear 1248. Handsome, sensitive portrait. Satiny flan.

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