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Message:: [QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 3563179, member: 44316"]I think we all like a nice green patina. [ATTACH=full]947418[/ATTACH]Justinian, Byzantine emperor 527-565.40-nummia. Very large: 39 mm, 20.77 grams. Mintmark: θVΠO  for Theopolis, the new name of Antioch, on a large follis of year 13.Sear 218B. The reform which yielded this new, larger, coin started in year 12 at Constantinople but did not begin at Antioch until year 13 and no coins of Antioch were issued in years 14 or 15 (probably due to the invasion of Khusru). The mintmark switched to Latin in year 16. (There were no coins at Antioch in years 17, 18, or 19 either). So, this short-version mintmark was used only in year 13 making this a one-year type. For more about Justinian's coins at Antioch, see:<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>[/QUOTE]