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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 4514529, member: 84905&quot;]Wolfgang Hahn, 2005 &quot;Zur Münzprägung des frühbyzantinischen Reiches&quot; pp. 195 writes (my translation): </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;... In the years of Phocas, Thessalonica issued a highly differentiated series of gold and copper coins: apart from solidi and tremisses it included also semisses, and besides the usual half and quarter-folles it also included large folles ... For the identification of the solidi we have to rely on the copper coins (which are marked with TES) and which provide clues for both the frontal busts of the solidi and the profile bust of the gold fractions.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Judging by the pictures in Hahn&#039;s book, the wonderful solidus above does not seem to scream Thessalonica, perhaps Ravenna?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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