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Justin I and Justinian I. Follis; Justin I and Justinian I; Antioch, 4 April-1 August 527 AD, Follis, 14.46g. MIB-10 (only 2 spec. from officina G=3); officina var. of Berk-118 and Sear-130. Obv: D N D N IVSTINVS ET [IVSTINIANVS PP] AVG Diademed, nimbate, draped and cuirassed busts of the two emperors facing. Rx: Large M between two stars; cross above, G below, ANTIX in exergue. Ex Christov Fam. Collection. Ex Goldberg 55, lot 290. Ex NAC 40, 16 May 2007, lot 920. A very rare type, extremely rare from officina G=3; MIB lists only two such specimens, from a Stanley Gibbons list and from Berk Collection; absent from the major museum collections.This coin represents the brilliant transition by Justin I to his nephew Justinian I which created strength for the Eastern Christian Roman Empire that was to last nearly a thousand years. This coin has a rather worn obverse, but since the reverse is sharp the issue must have been extremely large because the obverse type is not known showing the portraits of the joint emperors. The two eyes on the portrait of Justinian, one can strangely call unusually sharp. Very few of these coins survive; only two specimens of this officina and less than 50 of all the folles of Antioch. F

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