Watch List notes:

Justinian I 527-565, AV solidus, Constantinople (4,30 g). Helmeted and cuir. bust three-quarter face to r./Angel stg. facing holding long cross and globe with cross. Portrait double struck Ex. Oslo Mynthandel a/s nr.65 21/11-2010 nr.1318. . For most of us Justinian I is best known for erecting Hagia Sofia, the largest church in the world before being surpassed by St. Peters church in Rome in the 17th century. He also tried to reconquer Italy for the "Roman throne". Grade:01