Justin I (518-527) and Justinian I (527-565)
Images. 
Justin I (518-527)
ES7
14
bust
right
VICTOR  emp stg w
long cross and shield
A312
So1.11-12
S112B  B111v1
Justin I LD
G-- H77
Justin I
(DO371)
cites T.515f
 
ES8
14
bust
right
VICTOR  emp stg
w labarum
A313
So1.10
S112A B110
Justin I
G-- H76.1,76.2
Justin I
   
ES9
14
bust
right
VICTOR emp stg w 
long cross and globe
A311
So. 1.13-14
S112C B--       This has a short, blundered, obverse legend. See ES11 for the same type with a longer legend.
A326 is a later cast of this type.

Justinian I  (527-565).
ES10
16
bust
right
VICTORIA AVGGG 
emp standing
A310 S-- B309v2 G-- H252b (pl. 29, p. 157)
= A310
  Hahn (2000): "one die .. a thoughtless copy of the solidus legend."
ES11
14-17
bust
right
VICTOR emp stg w long cross and globe A311
So1.13-14
So2.1-4
S197A B309v1 G159 H78 (pl. 11, p. 106f) 
Justin  I H252a1, 252a2 
(pl. 29, p.157f)
  See also ES9. 
See also A326 for a later cast version,
"second half of 8th century"
ES12
14
bust
right
A314
So2.5-9
S197 B310 G160 H253 DO I: XXIV
108.1,108.2 
 

Justin I, or possibly Justinian:
.

   Type ES7
   AE15. 6:00. 2.99 grams
   Justin I, possibly Justinian




   Type ES7

   AE15. 6:00. 3.06 grms.
    Justin I, possibly Justinian


.
   Type ES7
   AE12. 6:00. 2.01 grams.
   Justin I, possibly Justinian


imitation?
   Type ES7
   AE13-12. 6:00. 1.75 grams.
   Very crude -- possibly an ancient imitation?


Justinian I:
.

   Type ES11
   AE17. 5Z:30. 4.17 grams. Unusually large.

.

   Type ES12
   AE15. 6:00. 2.20 grams.

 
.

   Type ES12
   AE15. 6:00. 2.47 grams.


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