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Justinian II, with Tiberius, second reign, 705-711. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.43 g, 6 h), Constantinople. DN IHS CHS REX REGNANTIVM Bust of Christ facing, with short, curly hair and a short beard, wearing pallium and colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; behind, cross. Rev. D N IVSTINIANVS ET TIBERIVS PP A Crowned half-length figures of Justinian II, on the left, and Tiberius on the right, both wearing a chlamys and holding, between them, in their