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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4488270, member: 97383&quot;]Alwin, Thanks for posting this handsome follis of Antioch, with a rarely seen obverse design <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. This coin was made shortly after Antioch was struck by two powerful in 526 &amp; 529. Justinian did spend large sums of money rebuilding the city but on a smaller scale. The large star &amp; crescent on the reverse must have had important symbolism. I wonder if the unusual obverse depiction of Justinian on this coin wasn&#039;t a tribute to him for the economic aid he gave the city <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />? I would love to pickup a high grade example of this coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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