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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4417112, member: 110226"]Thanks</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, this coin is different when compared to the late issues of Justinian I. I found a similar example online last night, through VCoins:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/131/T/6/Tjj64nGziE2yR3kSrf9D7MNmLQe548.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a link:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/pavlos_s_pavlou_numismatist/131/product/byzantine_empirejustinian_i_ad_527565aefollis_struck_ad_564565_mint_of_theoupolis__antioch__final_year_of_reign_/1024374/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/pavlos_s_pavlou_numismatist/131/product/byzantine_empirejustinian_i_ad_527565aefollis_struck_ad_564565_mint_of_theoupolis__antioch__final_year_of_reign_/1024374/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/pavlos_s_pavlou_numismatist/131/product/byzantine_empirejustinian_i_ad_527565aefollis_struck_ad_564565_mint_of_theoupolis__antioch__final_year_of_reign_/1024374/Default.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin that I purchased came from Roma Numismatics. I can only assume that the Arab/Byzantine attribution is based mainly on the obverse legend, although there are other minor stylistic differences as well. Also, note that the VCoins example has a garbled obverse legend, but different from the Roma example (variations on garbling I guess).</p><p><br /></p><p>The portrait on both coins is clearly one of Justinian I and not Justinian II or Justin II. So, the question becomes, could this coin be copied in the 7th century by Arabs in the fledgling Caliphate? Without clear documentation, its a bit of stretch, so I would lean in the direction of a coin issued in the last year of Justinian I's reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was no other bidding on my coin in the Roma auction, so I was able to purchase it at the starting price. As a last year of reign coin, it is scarce and a pretty good buy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 4417112, member: 110226"]Thanks Yes, this coin is different when compared to the late issues of Justinian I. I found a similar example online last night, through VCoins: [IMG]https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/131/T/6/Tjj64nGziE2yR3kSrf9D7MNmLQe548.jpg[/IMG] Here's a link: [URL]https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/pavlos_s_pavlou_numismatist/131/product/byzantine_empirejustinian_i_ad_527565aefollis_struck_ad_564565_mint_of_theoupolis__antioch__final_year_of_reign_/1024374/Default.aspx[/URL] The coin that I purchased came from Roma Numismatics. I can only assume that the Arab/Byzantine attribution is based mainly on the obverse legend, although there are other minor stylistic differences as well. Also, note that the VCoins example has a garbled obverse legend, but different from the Roma example (variations on garbling I guess). The portrait on both coins is clearly one of Justinian I and not Justinian II or Justin II. So, the question becomes, could this coin be copied in the 7th century by Arabs in the fledgling Caliphate? Without clear documentation, its a bit of stretch, so I would lean in the direction of a coin issued in the last year of Justinian I's reign. There was no other bidding on my coin in the Roma auction, so I was able to purchase it at the starting price. As a last year of reign coin, it is scarce and a pretty good buy.[/QUOTE]
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