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VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 01/08/2014 8:59 pm Came across this pentanummium (5 nummi) of Justinian I while browsing ebay. One of my areas of collecting focus is early Byzantines (ca. 490s-600s AD, and preferably avoiding the eastern mints except Constantinople and Cherson). What mainly hooked me to this coin is the fact that this one is from the scarcer Carthage mint, of which I had no Byzantine coins from (until now). During its time as the capital of the barbarian Vandal Kingdom of North Africa, Carthage struck some Vandal coins in the name of the Eastern Roman emperors, but soon struck official Byzantine coinage after the Roman reconquest of North Africa in the 530s. Carthage would remain in Byzantine hands until the Muslim conquest of the region in the late 7th century AD. Justinian I, Byzantine (Eastern Roman) emperor AE Pentanummium Obv: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG Rev: Large epsilon, II to right Carthage mint, struck 534-565 AD Ref: SB 273 Edited by VisigothKing 01/08/2014 9:22 pm Report this Post to the Staff

DannDaMan020 Valued Member United States 188 Posts	Posted 01/08/2014 9:13 pm I myself am bidding on a lot of 5 Byzantine cup coins. I`ll post those when I get them. Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3444 Posts	Posted 01/09/2014 07:41 am Very interesting ...... I have had a similar type listed on ebay for the past 6 months (Heraclius Carthage mint), Not even a nibble. I also thought this mint quite a 'find'. Unfortunately once again reality set in and I realized that I could not have everything I wanted. But the fact that no one else did surprised me. I mean I was stupid enough to buy it ..... I can't be the only "big dummy" in the world ! Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 01/09/2014 5:30 pm Quote: Very interesting ...... I have had a similar type listed on ebay for the past 6 months (Heraclius Carthage mint), Not even a nibble. I also thought this mint quite a 'find'. Unfortunately once again reality set in and I realized that I could not have everything I wanted. But the fact that no one else did surprised me. I mean I was stupid enough to buy it ..... I can't be the only "big dummy" in the world ! Thats weird how even I didn't find it, I usually have a keen eye for lesser known and less popular coinage like these. I'd definitely be interested in it if you still had it but after these last two coins I'll have to go on a buying hiatus again...It's for my own good Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 01/14/2014 1:33 pm It arrived today, and it turns out the II was actually an N, making this one from the far more common Nicomedia mint instead of Carthage A bit down but I still like the coin, plus I don't have Nico represented in my Byzantine subcollection yet. Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 01/14/2014 3:30 pm still a nice coin VK. Report this Post to the Staff
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