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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2570952, member: 10461&quot;]<font face="Georgia"><b>Ancient Byzantine Empire: gold tremissis of Justinian I, ca. 527-565 AD</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/AncientByzantineEmpire-AV-tremissis-JustinianI-035863-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/AncientByzantineEmpire-AV-tremissis-JustinianI-035863-slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Obverse:</b> D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVI, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Reverse:</b> VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory standing right, head left, holding wreath and cross on globe, star to right, mintmark CONOB.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">NGC Mint State (Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, &quot;wrinkled&quot;), cert #4170211-001. Ex-Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 294, Lot 820, 1/16/2013. Purchased raw.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Quoting the original CNG auction description: <i>&quot;Justinian I. 527-565. AV Tremissis (15mm, 1.50 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. DOC 19; MIBE 19; SB 145. Good VF, slightly wavy flan, small edge split.&quot;</i></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">This one had a pleasant plastic outcome, garnering a &quot;Mint State&quot; grade at NGC, much to my amazement and delight. That&#039;s quite a boost from CNG&#039;s &quot;Good VF&quot; grade. The &quot;slightly wavy flan&quot; CNG mentioned came out as &quot;wrinkled&quot; on the NGC label, which is rather strange nomenclature, if basically accurate. In hand, the flan doesn&#039;t look terribly wavy. This is a smaller coin, so it would likely be more noticeable on a bigger piece.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">Justinian the First, otherwise known as &quot;Justinian the Great&quot;, was known for his legal reforms, which became the foundation upon which much modern civil law in the West rests to this day. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Miscellaneous links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=226276#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=226276#" rel="nofollow">Original CNG auction listing</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=4170211-001" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/CertResults.aspx?CertNumber=4170211-001" rel="nofollow">NGC cert verification page</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/byz/justinian_I/i.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/byz/justinian_I/i.html" rel="nofollow">Coins of Justinian I</a> (Wildwinds reference) </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/894350/ancient-byzantine-empire-gold-tremissis-of-justinian-i-ca-527-565-ad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/894350/ancient-byzantine-empire-gold-tremissis-of-justinian-i-ca-527-565-ad" rel="nofollow">Prior discussion of this coin</a> (Collectors Universe, 07/2013)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><b>Wikipedia links:</b></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_I" rel="nofollow">Justinian I</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremissis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremissis" rel="nofollow">Tremissis</a></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Juris_Civilis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Juris_Civilis" rel="nofollow">Corpus Juris Civilis</a> (the legal reforms of Justinian)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Victoria</a> (the Roman goddess Victory in mythology)</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">When posted here, this coin was part of my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-of-20-collection.283541/">&quot;Eclectic Box of 20&quot; collection</a>.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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