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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8249848, member: 134416&quot;]The history of Byzantium podcast got me back on a Byzantine collecting kick.&nbsp; I&#039;ve always wanted a nice example of this issue, and I finally found one.&nbsp; The item was fairly poorly described, missing a lot of search terms, so it was chance which made me see it.&nbsp; After that, it stayed unsold about 30 seconds.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453127[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sear 882. countermark VF-XF</p><p><br /></p><p>Can any Byzantine experts confirm whether the host coin is a Justin or a Justinian?&nbsp; The long gap between the .IVSTIN.. and the .SPPA.. would make me suspect Justinian is the answer.</p><p>There&#039;s also an old tag.&nbsp; Any ideas when this auction was? 883 is the small module issue.&nbsp;&nbsp; Did they goof?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453130[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Can one safely assume that these large module coins were still circulating in Sicily at the time, or were they shipped in from the capital? </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin came at an unexpected time, so my hands are far too wet (I had washed them before making coffee) to unpack and handle the coin currently - so I&#039;ll have to wait til later tonight to discover how close to the of the picture the patina is.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin checks a lot of boxes for me; it&#039;s big, is an Italian mint and has a nice patina. That&#039;s one of the reasons I like Sestertii of the 12 Caesars so much; many are 35mm. or larger.</p><p><br /></p><p>The large module Constantine IV follis is still on my bucket list.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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