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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 2603026, member: 44210&quot;]With a bit of free time on my hands I decided to snap up photos of coins that either don&#039;t have them yet, or I only have seller&#039;s photos of. This was one of them, my half-siliqua of Justinian, from the mint at Ravenna. It is my only silver from Byzantine Italy and as they can get pricey, a budget example until I can throw out dough for a better one. It also completes my only full metal set for a Roman/Byzantine ruler (I have a solidus of Justinian and numerous bronzes). But I got it basically because Byzantine Italian coins (and to a larger extent, coins from other western mints like Carthage) is one of my areas in collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve posted this coin a couple of times before but I&#039;ve never formally &quot;introduced&quot; it, so this thread serves as this as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Justinian</u>, Byzantine Empire</b></p><p>AR half-siliqua</p><p><b>Obv</b>: D N IVSTI-NIANVS P P AVG (?), pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Rev</b>: Chi-rho on globe, star to left and right</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Ravenna</p><p><b>Date</b>: 540-565 AD</p><p><b>Ref</b>: SB 320</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]568486[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Seller&#039;s photo:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fi1197.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Faa429%252FLurkingNinja%252Fjustinianhalfsiliqua_zpsftee9p22.jpg%26hash%3D6ca0fd83379aa372fad26369221a1586&amp;hash=b67474ac0c493131dddfe23bcf4e49ff" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve spoken numerous times of the Byzantines in Italy, so here is a collection of my previous threads that go into the history a bit, if you are interested in reading:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-from-byzantine-italy-justinian-i.232793" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-from-byzantine-italy-justinian-i.232793">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-from-byzantine-italy-justinian-i.232793</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/born-into-war.265389" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/born-into-war.265389">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/born-into-war.265389</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/someone-slipped-me-a-coin-into-my-jail-cake.270472" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/someone-slipped-me-a-coin-into-my-jail-cake.270472">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/someone-slipped-me-a-coin-into-my-jail-cake.270472</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-pretty-but-im-not-complaining.277708" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-pretty-but-im-not-complaining.277708">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/not-pretty-but-im-not-complaining.277708</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/continuing-my-byzantine-italian-mini-spurge.265792" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/continuing-my-byzantine-italian-mini-spurge.265792">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/continuing-my-byzantine-italian-mini-spurge.265792</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-ravenna-bronze-of-justin-ii.264344/#post-2162936" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-ravenna-bronze-of-justin-ii.264344/#post-2162936">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-ravenna-bronze-of-justin-ii.264344/#post-2162936</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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