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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Along with venturing into the Seleucid coins today, I also wandered into the Byzantine Era and purchased what I think is a fairly nice Justinian Follis. It is a nice large and heavy coin as you can see. Like the Selecuid coin, I didn't break the bank with this coin either. I paid a total $13.42 with shipping included. Justinian, AE Follis, SB 160, struck at Constantinople  OBV: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right REV: Large M, star to left, cross above, star right, officina letter below, mintmark CON 10g, 28mm |
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Moderator
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Very nice coin with excellent detail. Great price too.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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echizento has said it for me!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Cant go wrong for $13  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
JW, you know how to pick'em! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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JW, again nice pick up...I love these Byzantine coins, lot of them are large and heavy...  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Bing => two great looking new coin(s) ... you're on a roll!! Ummmm? ... but hey, are these new coins that you're purchasing coming from the bunch that you are cleaning for the European-gang? ... are you cleaning-up all of their coins and then offering to buy the nice ones, or what? ... that's a bit like being a strawberry-picker that's sitting in the middle of the field eating all of the juicy ones!! (the inside-man is always a great place to be!!) |
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Pillar of the Community
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Jerry, no these are not from the metal detectorists. Although I will admit that I have made an offer on behalf of one of the other CCF members to buy some of the coins, but I have not heard back as yet. I have one more group to ID, but they are really rough so I doubt I will get a full attribution.
The short answer to your question though is no.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice coin for the price. Nice patina.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have no idea where this coin was found, but the seller is from Israel.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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very nice coin. I have some half dollar size coin flips that are
begging for a nice big byzantine coin to go in them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4253 Posts |
For those of you who regularly collect Byzantine coins, I would like to ask for you to double-check my attribution on this coin. Thanks
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United States
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It's the same SB number that I get.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Interesting coin...I am attracted to the big M for that price I would have run out the door real fast nice coin, chunky.
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Posted 09/04/2012 12:01 am
