Tag: Byzantine Coins

  • The Face of Jesus

    The Face of Jesus

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    by

    Paul Bishop

    In the recent BSTS summer 2025 newsletter there is an excellent article by our very own numismatic expert Justin Robinson, Byzantine Gold – the two faces of Jesus. In it he looks at two gold solidus coins minted during the reign of Justinian II. The first coin minted between 692 – 695AD portrays a Shroud…