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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 3987195, member: 84905"]I once picked up this Justinian half-follis on Ebay. It sat in a remote part of my collection for a long time, before I heard of the attribution of this series to a Byzantine military mint in Salona. It thus fits well into my collection of "coins of the Gothic war".</p><p><br /></p><p>Hahn discusses this type as MIB 251 and the follis above as MIB 248.3. According to Hahn, the strongly and intentionally underweight nature of these coins suggest that they functioned as "credit money" among the Byzantine army in Italy. Hahn mentions that many pieces have been found in and around Salona, but he says that these coins could just as well have been the product of a travelling military mint. Hahn also acknowledges the stylistic similarities to coins from Ravenna.</p><p>I think coins of this series are quite scarce, especially in good condition.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049806[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 3987195, member: 84905"]I once picked up this Justinian half-follis on Ebay. It sat in a remote part of my collection for a long time, before I heard of the attribution of this series to a Byzantine military mint in Salona. It thus fits well into my collection of "coins of the Gothic war". Hahn discusses this type as MIB 251 and the follis above as MIB 248.3. According to Hahn, the strongly and intentionally underweight nature of these coins suggest that they functioned as "credit money" among the Byzantine army in Italy. Hahn mentions that many pieces have been found in and around Salona, but he says that these coins could just as well have been the product of a travelling military mint. Hahn also acknowledges the stylistic similarities to coins from Ravenna. I think coins of this series are quite scarce, especially in good condition. [ATTACH=full]1049806[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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