I should carry a picture of this in my wallet, and if someone ever calls *me* an old fart, I'll just pull the picture out and say, "I don't *think* so".
It's the finest known....but, in my experiences most polite folks never cop to such a thing openly.... The emperor looks like he's in on the gag look at that smirky expression. 14 grams that's a big Fart. I found this coin type listed in SBD.....Stunning.....I am stunned
acsearch shows a 20 nummi with mintmark CAR. I wonder if this period was when they were uncertain how they wanted to spell the name on a Latin language coin. They also show a second best grade 40 for almost a thousand less. The problem is I like the style on the lesser coin better. I'm sure there are plenty of people willing to pay the price who don't care about style or agree with my preference.
It may be the finest example known, as Severatus mentions, but I couldn't imagine paying that price for it....I'm 100% with Doug on this one.
Don't worry guys, you can get your Farts cheaper on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Justinian-I-527-565-E-Follis-Carthage-mint-Struck-534-539-rare-/371247566957
Fantastic Byzantine. Not worth $1200 IMHO, but at a large auction $600 would not surprise me in the least. It's a $300 coin from a common mint.
