BZ99436. Bronze follis, DOC I 38c, Morrisson BnF I 4/Cp/AE/41, Wroth BMC 48, Tolstoi 98, Ratto 499, SBCV 163, Sommer 40.20, Hahn MIB I 95, VF, centered on a large flan, slight double strike, earthen deposits, 3rd officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 22.690g, maximum diameter 40.11mm, die axis 180
o, 539 - 540 A.D.; obverse D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, globus cruciger in right hand, shield on left arm ornamented with a horseman spearing a fallen foe, cross right; reverse large M (40 nummi), cross above, A/N/N/O (year) in column left, X/III (13) right, Γ (officina 3) below, CON (Constantinople) in exergue;
full circles strike on a huge flan!;
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