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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 5180046, member: 87809&quot;]Welcome [USER=115906]@Christina Pernock[/USER]&nbsp; to CT <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />- your Byzantine coins are very beautiful, those two tetarteron are awesome.</p><p><br /></p><p>My main interests are Greek &amp; Roman coins; however, I like to read at CT about other coins, and not only on the Ancients forum - sometimes I look around in the World coins forum too<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, and learn many interesting things. </p><p>I only have two Byzantines. One of my Byzantines is also a Justinianus Follis, like your first coin, minted in Nicomedia, (regnal year 31 =) 557 – 558 AD, 1st officina. </p><p><br /></p><p>On this one, the letter D on the obverse is much smaller than the other letters, as if the engraver had to squeeze in the D. Just imagining what happened ....</p><p><br /></p><p>31 x 32 mm, 17.495 g</p><p>DO 137a; MIBE 113a; Sear 201</p><p>Ob.: D N IVSTINI – ANVS P P AVG Bust facing in helmet with plume, diademed and cuirassed, holding globus cruciger in r. hand. On l. shoulder shield decorated with horseman and enemy motif; in r. field, cross</p><p>Rev.: Large M between A / N / N / O – X / X / X / I; above, cross and beneath, officina letter A. In exergue, NIKO</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1212458[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1212459[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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