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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7913946, member: 85693"]Nice write-up - very informative. </p><p><br /></p><p>Earlier this year I got a Justinian follis that really confused me - the mintmark was partially obliterated and from what I could see, I thought it was Constantinople; rather it was from Antioch; I was not aware of the ϴYΠOΛS mintmark:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1366827[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Justinian I Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>n.d. (c. 536-539 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Antioch Mint</b></p><p>DN IVSTINIANVS [PP AVG], pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large M, star to left, cross above, star right, Γ below, [ϴYΠ]OΛS in exergue.</p><p>SB 217; DOC 212.</p><p>(13.47 grams / 34 x 28 mm)</p><p>eBay June 2021 </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of others with the more typical mint name. It seems to me that the portraits on these Antioch issues are better in execution than from the other mints. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1366828[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Justinian I Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>(c. 529-531 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Antioch Mint</b></p><p>DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large M, star left, cross above, star right, Officina Γ below, mintmark +THЄV o-over-P+ in exergue.</p><p>SB 216; DOC 210.</p><p>(13.96 grams / 28 mm)</p><p>eBay Dec. 2013</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1366829[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Justinian I Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>(c. 529-531 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Antioch Mint</b></p><p>DN IVSTINI[ANVS PP AVG], diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large M, star left, cross above, star right, Officina Є (?) below, mintmark +THЄV o-over-P+ in exergue.</p><p>SB 216; DOC 210.</p><p>(15.22 grams / 32 mm)</p><p>eBay Feb. 2014[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 7913946, member: 85693"]Nice write-up - very informative. Earlier this year I got a Justinian follis that really confused me - the mintmark was partially obliterated and from what I could see, I thought it was Constantinople; rather it was from Antioch; I was not aware of the ϴYΠOΛS mintmark: [ATTACH=full]1366827[/ATTACH] [B]Justinian I Æ Follis n.d. (c. 536-539 A.D.) Antioch Mint[/B] DN IVSTINIANVS [PP AVG], pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large M, star to left, cross above, star right, Γ below, [ϴYΠ]OΛS in exergue. SB 217; DOC 212. (13.47 grams / 34 x 28 mm) eBay June 2021 Here are a couple of others with the more typical mint name. It seems to me that the portraits on these Antioch issues are better in execution than from the other mints. [ATTACH=full]1366828[/ATTACH] [B]Justinian I Æ Follis (c. 529-531 A.D.) Antioch Mint[/B] DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large M, star left, cross above, star right, Officina Γ below, mintmark +THЄV o-over-P+ in exergue. SB 216; DOC 210. (13.96 grams / 28 mm) eBay Dec. 2013 [ATTACH=full]1366829[/ATTACH] [B]Justinian I Æ Follis (c. 529-531 A.D.) Antioch Mint[/B] DN IVSTINI[ANVS PP AVG], diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large M, star left, cross above, star right, Officina Є (?) below, mintmark +THЄV o-over-P+ in exergue. SB 216; DOC 210. (15.22 grams / 32 mm) eBay Feb. 2014[/QUOTE]
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