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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7936109, member: 44316"]Under Justinian (527-565) the city we know as Antioch changed its name to Theopolis (Theoupolis) "City of God." Obviously, mintmarked coins would change mintmarks. But Antioch changed mintmarks not just once, but many times. Long ago, after I had noticed 5 different mintmarks for Antioch under Justinian, I decided to write a website on them and collect them. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It has been a much larger project than I expected! (But, it has been great fun all along.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a recent addition:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" rel="nofollow">[ATTACH=full]1372765[/ATTACH] </a></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>Sear 229</p><p>20 nummi</p><p>33 mm. 11.63 grams.</p><p>Year XG = 16 = 542/3.</p><p>Mintmark: CH, bar over the CH. [ATTACH=full]1372764[/ATTACH] (The bar indicates an abbreviation.)</p><p>Hahn 153. <i>DOC</i> 236.</p><p>This type is special because this mintmark appears only on coins of year 16 and only on this half-follis denomination. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some authors have drawn the shape of this mintmark as if it had a horizontal at the top, like a T: [ATTACH=full]1372766[/ATTACH] (e.g. <i>Byzantine Coinage in the East</i>, volume 1). Later there is a mintmark for Theopolis which begins with a T-shape much like that. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/#Sear221" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/#Sear221">Sear 221</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372767[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>However, that T-shape is not on any of the Sear 229 half-follis coins. I think that line-drawing shape is wishful thinking invented to insert a T and explain the otherwise hard-to-explain "C". (By the way, the "H" is eta in Greek, not the H of the first two letters in English, "TH". So, that "C" symbol in the mintmark is playing more than the role of just "T", it plays the role of our "TH". I don't know how or why.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone have an explanation for "CH" as an abbreviation for "Theoupolis"? </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">If you want to see a dozen other mintmarks for Antioch under Justinian, see my page:</font></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" rel="nofollow"><font size="5">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html</font></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">We recently (Sept. 25, 2021) had a long thread on Justinian and Antioch: "Justinian, and the Sufferings of the City of God." The initial post is very informative and well-illustrated.</font></p><p><font size="5"><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/justinian-and-the-sufferings-of-the-city-of-god.386897/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/justinian-and-the-sufferings-of-the-city-of-god.386897/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/justinian-and-the-sufferings-of-the-city-of-god.386897/</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>If you have anything to show that you didn't just show, we'd like to see it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7936109, member: 44316"]Under Justinian (527-565) the city we know as Antioch changed its name to Theopolis (Theoupolis) "City of God." Obviously, mintmarked coins would change mintmarks. But Antioch changed mintmarks not just once, but many times. Long ago, after I had noticed 5 different mintmarks for Antioch under Justinian, I decided to write a website on them and collect them. [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html[/URL] It has been a much larger project than I expected! (But, it has been great fun all along.) Here is a recent addition: [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html'][ATTACH=full]1372765[/ATTACH] [/URL] Sear 229 20 nummi 33 mm. 11.63 grams. Year XG = 16 = 542/3. Mintmark: CH, bar over the CH. [ATTACH=full]1372764[/ATTACH] (The bar indicates an abbreviation.) Hahn 153. [I]DOC[/I] 236. This type is special because this mintmark appears only on coins of year 16 and only on this half-follis denomination. Some authors have drawn the shape of this mintmark as if it had a horizontal at the top, like a T: [ATTACH=full]1372766[/ATTACH] (e.g. [I]Byzantine Coinage in the East[/I], volume 1). Later there is a mintmark for Theopolis which begins with a T-shape much like that. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/#Sear221']Sear 221[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]1372767[/ATTACH] However, that T-shape is not on any of the Sear 229 half-follis coins. I think that line-drawing shape is wishful thinking invented to insert a T and explain the otherwise hard-to-explain "C". (By the way, the "H" is eta in Greek, not the H of the first two letters in English, "TH". So, that "C" symbol in the mintmark is playing more than the role of just "T", it plays the role of our "TH". I don't know how or why. Does anyone have an explanation for "CH" as an abbreviation for "Theoupolis"? [SIZE=5]If you want to see a dozen other mintmarks for Antioch under Justinian, see my page:[/SIZE] [URL='http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html'][SIZE=5]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html[/SIZE][/URL] [SIZE=5]We recently (Sept. 25, 2021) had a long thread on Justinian and Antioch: "Justinian, and the Sufferings of the City of God." The initial post is very informative and well-illustrated. [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/justinian-and-the-sufferings-of-the-city-of-god.386897/[/URL][/SIZE] If you have anything to show that you didn't just show, we'd like to see it![/QUOTE]
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