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<p>[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 8351800, member: 110226"]Thank you so much! It is interesting, but perhaps not terribly unusual, for both a crowned and a helmeted portrait is issued by a mint for the same year, but I think perhaps the upheaval at that time might have been part of the reason for doing this.</p><p><br /></p><p>That odd horizontal bar in the M on the reverse is interesting. I don't recall seeing it in other folles. </p><p><br /></p><p>That's a really nice follis. The under coin makes it really interesting. It's either Justinian I or Tiberius II Constantine. Both of their obverse legends end with PPAVI, which is very bold on the obverse of your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a follis of Tiberius with the legend appearing to end PPAVY. I don't know if this is an error or an alternative letter. The Y was engraved horizontal to the legend due to space limitations.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin, from Antioch, year 6 (587/8 AD) has several hard green deposits, but the strike is pretty decent.</p><p><br /></p><p>15.69 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1481895[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robinjojo, post: 8351800, member: 110226"]Thank you so much! It is interesting, but perhaps not terribly unusual, for both a crowned and a helmeted portrait is issued by a mint for the same year, but I think perhaps the upheaval at that time might have been part of the reason for doing this. That odd horizontal bar in the M on the reverse is interesting. I don't recall seeing it in other folles. That's a really nice follis. The under coin makes it really interesting. It's either Justinian I or Tiberius II Constantine. Both of their obverse legends end with PPAVI, which is very bold on the obverse of your coin. I have a follis of Tiberius with the legend appearing to end PPAVY. I don't know if this is an error or an alternative letter. The Y was engraved horizontal to the legend due to space limitations. The coin, from Antioch, year 6 (587/8 AD) has several hard green deposits, but the strike is pretty decent. 15.69 grams [ATTACH=full]1481895[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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