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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2869614, member: 10461&quot;]Great little coins!&nbsp; That one with the wide flan is really neat looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I like about tremissis pieces is that they&#039;re often relatively affordable.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one was my only piece of ancient gold until recently (still is, if you don&#039;t count <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/04-jpg.680699/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/04-jpg.680699/">electrum</a>):</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ancient Byzantine Empire: gold tremissis of Justinian I, ca. 527-565 AD</font></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/AncientByzantineEmpire-AV-tremissis-JustinianI-035863-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/AncientByzantineEmpire-AV-tremissis-JustinianI-035863-slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Obverse:</b> D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVI, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Reverse:</b> VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory standing right, head left, holding wreath and cross on globe, star to right, mintmark CONOB.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">NGC Mint State (Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, &quot;wrinkled&quot;), cert #4170211-001. Ex-Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 294, Lot 820, 1/16/2013. Purchased raw.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Quoting the original CNG auction description: <i>&quot;Justinian I. 527-565. AV Tremissis (15mm, 1.50 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. DOC 19; MIBE 19; SB 145. Good VF, slightly wavy flan, small edge split.&quot;</i></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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