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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Herberto, post: 2386486, member: 74222&quot;]I wonder whether these 43mm follis are the largest common coins ever circulated.(?)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have some couples of Justinian I have shown regularly, but here some new:</p><p><br /></p><p>16 nummi from Thessalonica:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]489753[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Worn half follis, but it is from Carthago. In hand it has a green patina rather than black. And the legends and head of Justinian has a depth not depicting on the photo:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]489754[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An aged Justinian from sant’ apollinare:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]489755[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An illustration of Justinian and Theodora during the Nika Riot. From 1962 National Geographic magazine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]489756[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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