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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1852866, member: 19463&quot;]While I agree with VK&#039;s ID, this monogram is one I have not been able to decipher to my satisfaction.&nbsp; Usually after someone points out the answer you can find the letters that make up the name in the monogram but I can&#039;t find Justin here.&nbsp; I have no idea what meaning to assign to the phi and ligate ou at the top.&nbsp; I see N and T in the monogram but other letters as well.&nbsp; Sear quotes several earlier references (including BMC) as having assigned the coin to Justinian but I don&#039;t see where they got that one either.&nbsp; I have not seen the explanation of how the move ti a Justin II ID was made.&nbsp; I saw one listing claiming the monogram was made up of&nbsp; IUSTINAI KAI SO ISAF but I have to admit my imagination falls way short of seeing that.&nbsp; It at least explains the K.&nbsp; Coins with oficina numbers A through delta (as the OP) are assigned to Constantinople while other mints used something else there like a city initial or a cross for Antioch as shown below.&nbsp; My example here also replaces monogram 8 of the OP coin with monogram 9 which reverses the positions of the phi and the OV ligature.&nbsp; Significance???&nbsp; There is a lot to study in Byzantine but the OP coin is pretty safely, at least for now,&nbsp; as given by VK.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]309828[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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