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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 4484175, member: 4910&quot;]I have several Byzantine bronze coins and became curious as to the location of the Constantinople mint that made them, especially this one of Justinian (AD 527-565)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_byzantine_justinian_follis_ant.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Justinian AE Follis</p><p>Bronze, 30 mm, 17.98 gm, Struck: AD 527-538, Sear 158</p><p>Obverse: Justinian facing right, D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG</p><p>Reverse: Large letter &#039;M&#039;, star left, cross top, cross right, G under &#039;M&#039;, CON below (Constantinople mint)</p><p><br /></p><p>Philip Grierson&#039;s book Catalogue of late Roman coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (Dumbarton Oaks, 1992) places the Constantinople mint for bronze coins near the &quot;Golden Gate&quot;. Gold coins were minted at the &quot;Great Palace&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_istanbul_yedikule_gates.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The Golden Gate, Castle of the Seven Towers, Yedikule, Istanbul</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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