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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2841599, member: 44316&quot;]Justinian minted folles at Antioch with a great variety of mintmarks. At one time, I had assembled five distinctly different mintmarks for that one reign and city and decided to collect them and write them up. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The site has been completely reorganized to be chronological, more mintmark types have been added (there are at least eight, not counting minor spelling varieties), and the tragic story of of Antioch is told. </p><p><br /></p><p>After two major earthquakes Antioch was renamed &quot;Theopolis&quot; (City of God). Here is a</p><p>+THEUP</p><p>mintmark on one of the new coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]672431[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is a large follis:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]672430[/ATTACH]</p><p>Justinian follis. Sear 216</p><p>31-30 mm. 11.68 grams. 6:00.</p><p>The reverse is odd for having <b>a bent &quot;M&quot;</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>How can that be?&nbsp; The usual explanation would be a sliding or double strike,</p><p>but the mintmark is clear and well-struck only once. If you collect Byzantine copper you must find enjoyment in such oddities, because there is little beauty or perfection to be seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you might have any interest in Byzantine copper coins, take a look at my page.</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html</a></p><p>You will discover that Byzantine copper can be very interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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