Locale: Constantinople mint
Issuer: Justinian I
Date: 542/3 CE (Regnal Year 16)
Denomination: AE Follis (19.98g)
Obverse: D N IVSTINI ANVS PP AVC, cuirassed and helmeted facing bust, holding globus cruciger; cross in right field.
Reverse: Large M (denomination); cross above, ANNO ("year") to left, X/VI ("16") to right; B/CON (Constantinople).
Literature: S-163; D.O. 41a; M.I.B. 95a
Preservation: Pleasing even brown surfaces and an attractive, wide-nosed portrait.
