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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;arnoldoe, post: 2205467, member: 72712&quot;]Today, the mailman came to my door with a letter which is actually unusual because every time i have ordered a coin they have&nbsp; always been to lazy to actually come to my door&nbsp; and even when I am home they leave delivery notices in&nbsp; my mail box at the end of my street. (saying I wasn&#039;t home and that i have to go to the post office to pick up my package)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, i opened the letter and inside it was this coin</p><p><a href="http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/arnoldoe/media/Justinianmin_zpswzyblr6q.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/arnoldoe/media/Justinianmin_zpswzyblr6q.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag465/arnoldoe/Justinianmin_zpswzyblr6q.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a shiny Golden Solidus of the Emperor Justinian weighing 4.51 grams and 21mm across&nbsp; that was struck between 527-538 AD at the 5th Officina of Constantinople.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 137. DOC 3 (e). MIBE 5.</p><p><b>Obverse</b></p><p><b>DNIVSTINI ANVSPPAVG (&quot;Our Lord Justinian, Father of the People, Augustus&quot;)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with soldier on horseback riding right </p><p><b>Reverse VICTORIA AVGGGЄ (&quot;To the Victory of the Emperors&quot;)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Angel standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger; star to right;</p><p>CONOB</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My first Gold coin ( and my most expensive coin) I thought Justinian would be a good emperor to choose for my solidus, one of my favorite and probably the most famous of the Byzantine Emperors. ( and I think he is the only one to have his own 6 part YouTube&nbsp; video series covering the first 10 years of his reign)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[media=youtube]H_2E0RxVHH4[/media][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is my&nbsp; other coin of Justinian, A Follis I received last month. </p><p>(I had to walk to the post office to get this one)</p><p><img src="http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag465/arnoldoe/a45c7f47-8ee5-4f8a-82c0-02fe7e21baab_zps0evruflz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>38 MM 23 grams</p><p>CON (Constantinople), ANNO XIII (Year 13)(539-540 AD) E(5th Officina)(the same as my Solidus)</p><p>A solidus was worth 180 of these when they were first issued.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>heres a few more pictures of the obverse<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/arnoldoe/media/5justinian_zpsdltk47at.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1375.photobucket.com/user/arnoldoe/media/5justinian_zpsdltk47at.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag465/arnoldoe/5justinian_zpsdltk47at.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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