ByzantineJustinian IGold solidusc. 545-565 CE
The Gold Solidus of Justinian I: Metropolitan Typology, Chronology, and Imperial Ideology
An in-depth numismatic analysis of the Byzantine gold solidus struck at Constantinople under Justinian I (r. 527–565 CE). The guide details historical context, obverse and reverse iconography, epigraphy, the evolution across Classes I–III, and scholarly debates surrounding reverse identity and the CONOB formula.
