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Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: ballerboy84 on January 28, 2010, 05:29:03 pm

some pics of the coin...

Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: wileyc on January 29, 2010, 12:36:50 am

I would say so!...can a moderator move this to byzantine, you will get more attention

cw

Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: glebe on January 29, 2010, 07:32:20 am

There's been a number of these nummi about, although without stars. Justin II sounds unconvincing - I'd guess they're Vandal period issues in North Africa, most likely Carthage, but maybe elsewhere.

Ross G.

Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: ballerboy84 on January 29, 2010, 08:47:13 am

This coin come from north africa....

Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: ballerboy84 on January 29, 2010, 09:09:21 am

so it's an Vandal coin????and who is the men on the coin??

Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: joma-tk on January 29, 2010, 11:55:01 am

You made -if I am not wrong- two posts for the same coin.
Just to complete this one as well:
Iustinianus AE nummus Carthage mint,
Sear 282
tk

Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: ballerboy84 on January 30, 2010, 08:26:48 am

i d'ont think it's Iustinianus,ok for carthage mint cause this coin come from north africa,but for Iustinianus no,cause i search in all internet for found this coin,but she isnt here!

Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: Abu Galyon on January 30, 2010, 09:41:55 am

Sear 282 
AE nummus of Justinian I, mint of Carthage

Obverse: Bust facing. Legend normally illegible.

Reverse: Large :Greek_Delta:, with stars to left, to right, and underneath.

The description does seem to fit your coin, doesn’t it?

Bill R 

Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: wileyc on January 30, 2010, 10:01:00 am

Bill/TK

 I can not disagree with calling it SB 282 as described. Though why then does CNG call their peice a "research coin", describes as rare? They appear to be the about the same coin?

Cordially

cw

Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: joma-tk on January 30, 2010, 11:49:16 am

The majority of the Byzantine collectors nowadays, use Sear catalogue in order to achieve a fast identification of a coin.
Of course not all scholars always agree with the IDs given on the catalogue.

The coin under examination is for sure the one we call "Sear 282".
CNG has placed a question mark on Iustinus II name because scholars seem to reconsider which is the emperor.
Hahn in his new work MIBEC, calls this coin as "formerly attributed to Iustinianus"  and now he assigns it to Iustinus II based on a few similarities he noticed between the A and stars of this coin and some other Iustinus II coins.
According to the above, you chose the emperor  :)

PS
Lately some good quality specimens have come to light which made it clear that the letter on the reverse is not  :Greek_Delta: but some form of  :Greek_Alpha: as it is pictured on the lovely  CNG specimen.
tk

Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: wileyc on January 30, 2010, 11:59:06 am

Thank you TK

 :)

Title: BYZANTINE coin???
Post by: ballerboy84 on January 30, 2010, 12:45:11 pm

thankkkkkss :)