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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5171161, member: 85693"]Welcome to Coin Talk - those are some mighty fine Byzantines you got there. </p><p><br /></p><p>This gives me an excuse to share my most recent Byzantine, which even by my standards is pretty horrific. I wanted it because it has the most peculiar obverse strike - like a 17th Century European "roller press" strike, it appears to have two separate/separated strikes. I don't know. I don't even know what side is up. </p><p><br /></p><p>But here it is, a $1.15 worth of Byzantine ugly (the photos show the obverse with two separate orientations, as I am unsure which is correct - any opinions welcomed). Is the pointy thing an Imperial nose, or the back of a garment?</p><p><br /></p><p>My attribution assumes the first photo is correct:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1211064[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1211065[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Justin I Æ Dodecanummium</b></p><p><b>(12 Nummi) </b></p><p><b>n.d. (c. 518-527 A. D. )</b></p><p><b>Alexandria Mint</b></p><p>DN IV[STINVS PP AV], pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large I-B, cross between, AΛΕΞ in exergue. </p><p>SB 112; DOC 58; MIB 68.</p><p>(1.83 grams / 11 mm)</p><p>eBay Nov. 2020 $1.15 </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes:</b></p><p>Seller said this was Justin I. But it could be Justinian I: SB 247; DOC 274. </p><p>Or imitative issue (it is very light and terribly off-center).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 5171161, member: 85693"]Welcome to Coin Talk - those are some mighty fine Byzantines you got there. This gives me an excuse to share my most recent Byzantine, which even by my standards is pretty horrific. I wanted it because it has the most peculiar obverse strike - like a 17th Century European "roller press" strike, it appears to have two separate/separated strikes. I don't know. I don't even know what side is up. But here it is, a $1.15 worth of Byzantine ugly (the photos show the obverse with two separate orientations, as I am unsure which is correct - any opinions welcomed). Is the pointy thing an Imperial nose, or the back of a garment? My attribution assumes the first photo is correct: [ATTACH=full]1211064[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211065[/ATTACH] [B]Justin I Æ Dodecanummium (12 Nummi) n.d. (c. 518-527 A. D. ) Alexandria Mint[/B] DN IV[STINVS PP AV], pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Large I-B, cross between, AΛΕΞ in exergue. SB 112; DOC 58; MIB 68. (1.83 grams / 11 mm) eBay Nov. 2020 $1.15 [B] [/B] [B]Attribution Notes:[/B] Seller said this was Justin I. But it could be Justinian I: SB 247; DOC 274. Or imitative issue (it is very light and terribly off-center).[/QUOTE]
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