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<p>[QUOTE="Gabor Papp, post: 17330322, member: 98203"]Hello,</p><p>I bought a Justinian gold solidus a few years ago from a professional numismatic shop, whose style is far from the typical.</p><p>Is seems to be a transition between the early and late type of coins of the emperor.</p><p>On the observe, the position of the head and the style of the letters look like the early coins, nevertheless, there is a globus cruciger in the right hand instead of a spear.</p><p>On the reverse, the angel holds the early-type long cross instead of the late-type long staff terminating in Christogram.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose, the total switch to the new and more style might not happened in a day, and the artists of the mints needed time to change their style.</p><p>I attached three coins (mine is in the middle) which were stuck at the same mint in Constantinople (B - 2nd officina).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1535603[/ATTACH] </p><p>Could this be a hybrid coin made in the days of changing, or it may be just a joke of a modern counterfeiter?</p><p>What is your opinion?</p><p><br /></p><p>(Mine solidus in a better quality)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1535604[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
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