Picked this up a little while ago, nothing rare but I do like large ancient coins. Justinian I : Follis Nicomedia AE35 / 20.9g O: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing. Holding cross on glove and shield, cross to right R: M, ANNO, cross above, year on right, officina letter below, NIKO in exergue SB 201 The other thing that drew me to the coin. It seems that it was struck twice on the reverse creating some doubling.
OMG => I love that coin!! (congrats, icerain) Yah sure, maybe I'm a bid bias, eh? => black light posters were always my favourites ...
Nice pickup. JUSTINIAN I AE Half Follis OBVERSE: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and shield with horseman motif, cross to right REVERSE: Large K, ANNO to left, chi-rho above, regnal year XVIIII to right, mintmark NI Struck at Nicomedia 545-6 AD 10.2g, 25mm SB 0203 JUSTINIAN I AE Follis OBVERSE: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right REVERSE: Large M, star to left, cross above, star right, officina letter below, mintmark CON Struck at Constantinople, 527-65 AD 10g, 28mm SB 160
Very nice Justinian! I have one I got on budget, and one that was given to me... BZ Justinian I 527-565 CE AE Folles 30mm 17g 40 Nummi M monogram Obv-Rev.jpg BZ Justinian I 527-565 CE AE30 Folles 12-2g 40 Nummi M monogram Obv-Rev.jpg
Love the big J follis Byzantine Empire Anatolia, Nikomedia Justinian (r. AD 527 - 565) AE Large Module Follis (40 nummi) 43 mm x 23.78 grams Obverse:Helmeted and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right - DNIVSTINI ANVS PP AVC Reverse: Large M; cross above, date across field; ANNO left field, X/II/I right field - NIK in ex. Ref: SB 201 Note: Dated yr. 13 (AD 539/40), Large planchet. Superb. Gorgeous perfect Green patina, slight doubling of the "M"
Agree! That is a nice one from the period when the coins were at their largest. Icerain's coin is nice, too, but by year 20 the shrinking was well under way. The Byzantines took size/weight of their copper coins seriously and trimmed down and overstruck many coins to profit from the declining standards. My example is a Constans II one century later and down to 3.3g for the same 40 nummi (M) denomination. I'd say this is remarkable but consider the relative value of a 1916 quarter and the 2016 version we spend today. Par for the course, it seems.
