Justinian II, First Reign (AD 685-695). AV solidus (19mm, 4.41 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5, scratches, brushed. Constantinople, 9th officina, AD 692-695. IhS CRIStDS RЄX-RЄϚNANtIЧM (Ч retrograde), half-length bust of Christ facing, with long hair and full beard, wearing pallium and colobium, cross behind head, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left arm / D IЧStINI-AN-ЧS SERЧ CHRIStI Θ, full-length figure of Justinian II standing facing, wearing loros and crown surmounted by cross, cross potent with base on two steps in right hand, akakia in left; CONO-P below. Sear 1248. DO 2, Part 2, 7. MIB 8. Brilliant fields provide a striking contrast to the devices. HID09801242017 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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