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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;arashpour, post: 3109093, member: 85830&quot;]Nice coins [USER=74222]@Herberto[/USER] here is mine</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <b>Gratian. </b>AD 367-383. AV Solidus (20mm, 3.98 g, 6h). <i>Quinquennalia</i> issue. Antioch mint, 3rd officina. Struck February AD 368. D N GRATIA NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SPE S R P, two emperors, nimbate, in military dress, seating facing on throne, the one on left holding globe and scepter; the one on the right holding scepter and globe; between them, a small togate figure standing, above whose head is a shield inscribed VOT/ V/ MVL/ X; ANTΓ+. RIC IX 20c; Depeyrot 32/5 corr. (legend on reverse). Fine, scratches, edge clipped, possibly removed from a mount. Rare.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]788572[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>2. <b>Justinian I. </b>527-565. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.47 g, 7h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. Struck 537-542. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield / Angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; star to right; Z(retrograde)//CONOB. DOC (9g); MIBE 7; SB 140. VF, graffiti and scratches.[ATTACH=full]788574[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>3.<b>Zeno. </b>Second reign, AD 476-491. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.11 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 477-491. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Victory standing left, holding long, jeweled cross; star to right; A//CONOB. RIC X 910 and 929; Depeyrot 108/1. Near VF, graffiti, traces of deposits.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]788576[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>4. </p><p><b>Theodosius II. </b>AD 402-450. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.36 g, 12h). Thessalonica mint. Struck circa AD 402-403. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield, <i>Christogram on chest plate</i> / Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, holding spear and Victory on globe, right foot on prow of galley left; COMOB. RIC X 41; Depeyrot 45/3. Good VF, a few light scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the D. Massey Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]788578[/ATTACH] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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