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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1671312, member: 4910&quot;]When I saw this coin on Ebay in March 2007 I had to have it.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The figure on the coin looked to me like a movie space alien,</p><p>and not a friendly one.</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>&nbsp;</p><p>Coin details:</p><p>Byzantine Justinian AE Follis </p><p>Obverse: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG</p><p>Reverse: Large letter &quot;M&quot;, star left, cross top and right, gamma under &quot;M&quot;</p><p>Exergue: CON (Constantinople mint)</p><p>Catalog: Sear 158 - Struck AD 527-538 - Size 30mm </p><p><br /></p><p>Last year, I managed to visit the place where it was made in 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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