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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5512019, member: 85693"]Officina "special" assignments were made in Byzantine-era Constantinople, so it seems. I know very little about this, but I have a couple of examples from the reign of Anastasius. Officina E seems to have handled the odd-ball cases in bronze:</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a small-module follis with star/cross/blank arrangement, found only with E (what looks like a crescent right is actually incuse - a countermark of some sort):</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240027[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>Anastasius Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>(Small Module)</b></p><p><b>n.d. (c. 507-512 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Constantinople Mint</b></p><p>DN ANASTASIVS PP AVG pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large M, star left, cross above, blank right, Officina Є (only) & CON below.</p><p>SB 17; DOC 20a.</p><p>(9.25 grams / 23 mm)</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, Officina E was the only one to issue the two-pellets over stars in the last year of Anastasius's reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240028[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b>Anastasius Æ Follis</b></p><p><b>n.d. (c. Sep. 517-July 518 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Constantinople Mint</b></p><p>DN ANASTA[SIVS P P AVG], pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large M, dot over star over dot left, cross above, [dot over star over dot right], Є below, CON in ex.</p><p>SB 21; MIB 28b.</p><p>(16.81 grams / 31 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> "According to Hahn, at the beginning of the last lustrum of Anastasius' reign (September 517), dots were added to all new cut coins. Since Anastasius died 10 months later (July 518), these coins are somewhat scarce."</p></blockquote><p>CT - Severus Alexander, Dec. 2017</p><p><br /></p><p>"Only the 5th officina is recorded for this type with the M flanked...by a star with pellet above and below." FORVM</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm sure there are other officinal-specific variations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5512019, member: 85693"]Officina "special" assignments were made in Byzantine-era Constantinople, so it seems. I know very little about this, but I have a couple of examples from the reign of Anastasius. Officina E seems to have handled the odd-ball cases in bronze: Here is a small-module follis with star/cross/blank arrangement, found only with E (what looks like a crescent right is actually incuse - a countermark of some sort): [ATTACH=full]1240027[/ATTACH] [INDENT][B]Anastasius Æ Follis (Small Module) n.d. (c. 507-512 A.D.) Constantinople Mint[/B] DN ANASTASIVS PP AVG pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large M, star left, cross above, blank right, Officina Є (only) & CON below. SB 17; DOC 20a. (9.25 grams / 23 mm)[/INDENT] Similarly, Officina E was the only one to issue the two-pellets over stars in the last year of Anastasius's reign. [ATTACH=full]1240028[/ATTACH] [INDENT][B]Anastasius Æ Follis n.d. (c. Sep. 517-July 518 A.D.) Constantinople Mint[/B] DN ANASTA[SIVS P P AVG], pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large M, dot over star over dot left, cross above, [dot over star over dot right], Є below, CON in ex. SB 21; MIB 28b. (16.81 grams / 31 mm) [B]Notes:[/B] "According to Hahn, at the beginning of the last lustrum of Anastasius' reign (September 517), dots were added to all new cut coins. Since Anastasius died 10 months later (July 518), these coins are somewhat scarce."[/INDENT] CT - Severus Alexander, Dec. 2017 "Only the 5th officina is recorded for this type with the M flanked...by a star with pellet above and below." FORVM I'm sure there are other officinal-specific variations.[/QUOTE]
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