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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. The two eyes on the portrait of Justinian, one can strangely call unusually sharp. Very few of these coins survive; only three specimens of this officina including ours, and less than 50 of all the folles of Antioch. F