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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 4555446, member: 4910&quot;]Two Byzantine Justinian coins from Constantinople:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_byzantine_justinian_follis_ct.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Justinian AE Follis</p><p>Bronze, 30 mm, 17.98 gm, Struck: AD 527-538, Sear 158</p><p>Obverse: Justinian facing right, D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG</p><p>Reverse: Large letter &#039;M&#039;, star left, cross top, cross right, G under &#039;M&#039;, CON below (Constantinople mint)</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip Grierson&#039;s book Catalogue of late Roman coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (Dumbarton Oaks, 1992) places the Constantinople mint for bronze coins near the &quot;Golden Gate&quot;. Gold coins were minted at the &quot;Great Palace&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_istanbul_yedikule_gates.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The Golden Gate, Castle of the Seven Towers, Yedikule, Istanbul</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_byzantine_justinian_solidus_victory.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Justinian Solidus Victory</p><p>Gold, 21 mm, 4.43 gm</p><p>Struck: AD 527-537 Constantinople</p><p>Obverse: Justinian facing 1/4 right, holding spear over shoulder</p><p>Reverse: Victory standing facing holding cross and globe</p><p><br /></p><p>There was some discussion on another forum about whether the spear the emperor is holding is an ordinary spear or the Christian holy relic, the &quot;Holy Lance of Longinus&quot; or &quot;Spear of Destiny&quot;, which was the lance that a Roman soldier pierced the side of Jesus as he hung on the cross. The Spear was supposed carried into battle by the Emperor Constantine, among others.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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