JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 A.D. AR Light Miliarense (4.32 gm). Constantinople mint. D Ν IVSTINI-ANVS Ρ Ρ AVG,...

JUSTINIAN I. 527-565 A.D. AR Light Miliarense (4.32 gm). Constantinople mint. D Ν IVSTINI-ANVS Ρ Ρ AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left / GLORIA R-OMANORVM, Justinian, nimbate, standing facing, head to left, right hand raised and holding globe in left hand, star in right field COB. DOC I 26; MIB 47; SB 154; Kalkowski 11. Lightly toned EF, unusually high relief. Very Rare.
Ex The William J. Conte Collection of Byzantine Coins (Baldwin's Coin Auction No. 2, 10 May 1994), lot 34.
Kalkowski states that this extremely rare coin represents one of the last types found in Poland, as by the 7th Century, the flow of Byzantine coins stopped completely, restrained by the Avars who settled in Panonia and collected excessively large tributes from passing merchants.