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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3061395, member: 85693&quot;]I recently got my first Byzantine Justinian I 16 nummi from Thessalonica.&nbsp; It has a pretty rough obverse, but the reverse is pretty decent.&nbsp; Attribution is a puzzle - I have gone over the usual online sources and cannot find one matching mine, for the following three reasons:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; The letters across the top:&nbsp; θ (Theta) Є (Epsilon) ω (Omega?).&nbsp; SB 182A and 183 have similar letters above, but not this match.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; The final extra &quot;I&quot; (so the big letters read AISPI):&nbsp; SB183 has a final Ψ (psi), but mine is clearly an &quot;I&quot; (iota).</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; The big S has a very prominent dot in the upper curve.&nbsp; Couldn&#039;t find any others with this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any Byzantine experts out there seen one like this?&nbsp; And please post your 16 nummi or anything else Byzantine Weird.&nbsp; These oddball denominations are interesting - I found an academic paper making a case for these being issued for Justinian&#039;s Gothic Wars</p><p><a href="http://www.academia.edu/27183640/The_Gothic_War_and_Justinians_Unusual_Thessalonican_Coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.academia.edu/27183640/The_Gothic_War_and_Justinians_Unusual_Thessalonican_Coins" rel="nofollow">http://www.academia.edu/27183640/The_Gothic_War_and_Justinians_Unusual_Thessalonican_Coins</a></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]768003[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]768002[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Byzantine Empire&nbsp; 16 Nummi</b></p><p><b>Justinian I (c. 538-552 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Thessalonica Mint</b></p><p>[DN IV]STINI[ANVS P P AVG] draped and cuirassed bust right / Large I with A-SPI to left &amp; right dot within S (resembling AISPI), θЄω above, mint TЄS below.</p><p>SB 182A? (similar).</p><p>(5.32 grams / 21 mm)</p><p>(Struck for Gothic Wars?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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