Unidentified Coin Help | Byzantine Follis Justinian I 545/6

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mapman New Member United Kingdom 35 Posts	Posted 03/29/2011 10:20 am Could anyone help in identifying this coin for me? Diameter is about 35mm. Possibly Byzantine, but I know nothing about coins! Many thanks. Identified - moved to Ancients forum - Sap Edited by mapman 03/29/2011 10:57 am Report this Post to the Staff

mapman New Member United Kingdom 35 Posts	Posted 03/29/2011 10:21 am Report this Post to the Staff
nikola Valued Member Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska) 342 Posts	Posted 03/29/2011 1:06 pm This looks to me like,Byzantine Coin,Justinian I, AE Follis, Nicomedia. Report this Post to the Staff
mapman New Member United Kingdom 35 Posts	Posted 03/29/2011 1:21 pm Many thanks for this, nikola. That gives me a nice starting point. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/29/2011 5:49 pm I agree, dated 19th year. Report this Post to the Staff
mapman New Member United Kingdom 35 Posts	Posted 03/29/2011 6:37 pm Thank you for the dating information, Echizento. Can anyone help with what the markings on the front of the coin mean? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 03/29/2011 8:23 pm Quote: Can anyone help with what the markings on the front of the coin mean? The large letter "M" in the middle is the Greek numeral "40". It's the denomination-mark; in the monetary reform introduced by emperor Anastasius I in 498 AD, there were 40 nummi to a follis. Above the M is a Christian cross. To either side of the M is the date: ANNO (Latin for "year") to the left, and "19" in Roman numerals (XVIIII) to the right. Year 19 of Justinian I began in mid-545 AD. Below the M are the mintmarks: NIKO for the city of Nicomedia, the small A-shape directly beneath the M is the Greek numeral "1" for the first mint-office within the city of Nicomedia. On the obverse we have a sytlized portrait of the emperor, with his titles in Latin: DN IVSTINIANVS PF AVG, or something similar - fewer and fewer people could speak Latin by 545 AD, and spelling errors in the Latin text were becoming common. This example on Wildwinds from Year 16 is in better condition. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
mapman New Member United Kingdom 35 Posts	Posted 03/30/2011 04:59 am Fantastic! Thank you Sap for the in depth information. All the help on this topic from the forum members was most appreciated. Report this Post to the Staff
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