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My first Byzantine extraterrestial coin!


willieboyd2

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I bought this coin because the obverse picture looked like a movie or TV space alien.

And not a nice one!

 

Details:

 

Byzantine Justinian (AD 527-565) AE Follis

 

Obverse: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right

D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG

Reverse: Large letter "M"

Small star left, cross top and right, gamma under "M"

Exergue: CON (Constantinople mint)

 

Catalog: Sear 158 - Struck AD 527-538 - Size 30mm

 

Note: The "M" is a Greek letter for the number 40.

Note: Value 40 nummi. Gamma is the mint officina letter.

 

Full name: Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus

Life span: AD 482-565

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