BZ77953. Bronze follis, DOC I 47d, Morrisson BnF 4/Cp/AE/73, Wroth BMC 85, Tolstoi 138, Hahn MIB II 95, SBCV 163, Sommer 4.20, Ratto -, F, double strike on obverse, corrosion on reverse, 5th officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 19.005g, maximum diameter 34.2mm, 548 - 549 A.D.; obverse D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, globus cruciger in right, shield decorated with a horseman brandishing a spear, cross right; reverse large M (40 nummi), cross above, ANNO downward on left, X/X/II (year 22) in three lines on right, Ε (5th officina) below, CON (Constantinople) in exergue; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren;
big 34mm bronze!;
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