Got me some gold! (again!)

In memory of the forgotten Emperor who held the Eastern Empire together for twenty long years.

Maurice Tiberius AV Lightweight Solidus
Constantinople mint
582-602 CE
4.12 Grams

 

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Great coin MagMax!

 

Very nice @Magnus Maximus

 

Well @ValiantKnight , just so you know, my law office will accept Byzantine gold Solidii as payment for legal services from our Florida cointalk members...should you ever need a lawyer.

Heck, I'll even take Roman denarii and double denarii as payment. How many others do you know that would accept "obsolete" gold and silver coins in exchange for services?

Maybe it's time I listened to @TIF and founded the Florida Chapter of the Ancient Coinaholic Anonymous

 

Depends whose asking

 

Nice, I am still stuck with only 1 solidus


Justinian --- Emperor 527-565
Struck 527-538 AD at the 5th Officina of Constantinople.

Obverse: DNIVSTINI ANVSPPAVG
Short ForD(ominus) N(oster) Justinianus P(er)P(ertus) AVG(ustus)
Translates to:"Our Lord Justinian, Eternal Augustus"

Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with soldier on horseback riding right

Reverse: VICTORIA AVGGG E; ("To the Victory of the Emperors") Angel standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB ( Constantinople, 1/72 pound pure gold )

References: Sear 137. DOC 3 (e). MIBE 5.

4.51g 21 mm

 

Nice and shiny! A 3/4 bust Justinian has been on my list for some time now.

 

Help me please:
I really do not focus on Imperials or Byzantine. But when a coin is struck at the 5th Officina of Constantinople; what exactly is this?
Thank you

 

Workshops within the mints were assigned the first few letters of the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon. These are found mostly in the mintmarks (or at the end of the reverse legend on early Byzantine solidii). So in the case of my MT solidus, it has a Delta after the reverse legend. The CON in CONOB means Constantinople of course, so my coin would be from Constantinople mint, 4th Officina.

 

Thanks!

 

Great addition!