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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1705171, member: 44210&quot;]These following three Byzantine coins I thought that if I could get them cheap enough I&#039;d go for them, and it ended up that way <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. All of the photos are of the seller&#039;s.</p><p>&nbsp;Always been interested in the history and coinage of the early Byzantine Empire, and this interest only grew as I made post-Roman Germanic one of my collecting focuses, since the Byzantine Empire was contemporary with the barbarian nations of the west. First up is my first ever half-follis (20 nummi) of Justinian I.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Justinian I</u> </b>(ruled 527-565 AD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: <font size="2">DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right</font></p><p>Rev: <font size="5"> <font size="2">Large K, long cross to left, star above and below, officina letter (B) to right</font></font>, Constantinople mint</p><p>SB 164</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/Byz1_zps39cba2ef.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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