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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2782891, member: 83956&quot;]So as I save up for a JC/Aeneas denarius, I’m going through my own junk box and ID’ing coins that have lain around way too long. This morning I am working on a <i>decanummium</i> of Justinian:</p><p><br /></p><p>OBVERSE: DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG (?); diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.</p><p>REVERSE Large I between ANNO and XX U?</p><p><br /></p><p>Often the I on the reverse of these issues is surmounted by a cross; on this issue, however, the I seems surmounted by a type of staurogram or tau-rho. The figure actually looks like an R on top of the I. There’s a definite loop on the letter–it’s not a defect of the coin or patina; it’s in the die strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know next to nothing about Byzantine coins, but I haven’t been able to find an example of a tau-rho over the I. They all feature a regular cross.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Am I seeing things? Is the tau-rho attested on these <i>decanummii</i> reverses?&nbsp; </b></p><p><br /></p><p>The first image below is a typical example at Ancient Imports for comparison purposes. (I hope they don’t mind the free advertising.) Below it is my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]644241[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]644242[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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