Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - Ko te tuhi o te whakapakoko mai i te Augustaion ka honoa ki tetahi atu whakaaturanga eke hoiho o Justinian i runga i tetahi o ana mētara, "maui". Ko te mētara e pa ana ki te 36 "solidi" (164g), i kitea i te 1751 a kua ngaro inaianei i muri i te tahae mai i te Cabinet des Médailles (i tenei wa tetahi waahanga o te BNF) i te 1831, ahakoa he hiko o te hiko. I runga i te taha o mua he kopu nimbate o Justinian hei rangatira, he tao, he kakahu cuirass me te karauna me te diadem me te "toupha". Ka pānuihia te tuhinga "Dominus Noster Iustiniianus Perpetuus Augustus" (To tatou Ariki Justinian, Perpetual Augustus). Ko te taha o muri e whakaatu ana i a Justinian, me te nimbus ano, e eke ana i runga i te hoiho kakahu-nui e maumahara ana ki te hoiho i runga i te maramara Barberini. Kei mua i a ia he Wikitoria e mau ana i te nikau me te tohu i raro i tona ringa maui. He whetu e whakaatuhia ana i runga i te mara, ko te tuhinga exergue e whakaatu ana i te tohu CONOB (e tohu ana i te mint i Constantinople) me te korero "Salus et Gloria Romanorum" (Haumaru me te Kororia o nga Roma). Ko te whakaahuatanga o Justinian i roto i te toru hauwhā o te tohu ka taea te tohu i te mētara i mua o te 538, i muri mai ka whakaatuhia ia i te mata katoa ("matau"). Ko nga whakanui tino nui i te wikitoria i te 534 e tohu ana i te hokinga mai
o Carthage i nga Vandals i taea te wa i tohua e te minting o tenei mētara motuhake.