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Offline minimee

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veery strange Follis fo Justinian I need help
« on: April 08, 2024, 02:25:43 pm »
never seen such.
30 mm, 13,13 g

Any ideas or suggestions?
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Offline v-drome

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Re: veery strange Follis fo Justinian I need help
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2024, 06:41:07 pm »
Neat coin, and very interesting.  The Antioch (Theopolis) mintmark is in Greek instead of the more usual Latin.  Acsearch.info and Wildwinds list this as SB 217.

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=12405030
https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/byz/justinian_I/t.html

The style of the M is certainly strange, so I suppose it could be an ancient imitation, but the rest of the coin looks pretty normal.  Good luck! 
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Offline wileyc

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Re: veery strange Follis fo Justinian I need help
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2024, 11:23:12 pm »
'looks like a official issue, I wonder if the had a faulty die or die break on the large M to cause the misshape.
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