Justinian Alexandrian mint

Justinian (527-565), Alexandria, Sear 247:



The size the same as thumb-naill.

For more details about that coin:
http://labarum.info/lbr/show.php?coin=2470




First Justinian; second unknown(probably Justin II); and third Heraclius. - All Alexandrian



Constantinople, Antioch and Alexandria were the 3 most important cities in the empire.

 

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I have a cartoonish Justin II of this type.


Justin II, CE 565-578
AE 12 nummi, 14 mm, 2.9 gm. Alexandria
Obv: DN IVSTNVS PP AV, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev: Large I-cross-B, mintmark ALEZ.
Ref: SB 389, DOC 188

 

Interestingly, it looks a lot like a Tetrarchical pre-reform tetradrachm.

 

I think you misattributed the coin @TIF. That is not a Justinian coin. Its from the Bozzotian Empire and its an AE 12 dummi of Jesterian II

 

The fabric is very much like that isn't it?!

That's a cool Byzantine @Herberto

 

Indeed, a cool coin! Thanks for sharing it with us.