Got a good deal on this Justinian follis

[the_Thing ®]

easily retail for over $100.00 due to the obverse portrait and legend being so good. Paid less than half of that for it.

 

[JamminJ]

What do the legends say?

[TJ]

I'm a legend and I say, Nice coin!

[Hoot]

Impressive, as usual!

 

Hoot

[the_Thing ®]

Howdy Hoot and JJ!

 

D.N. IVSTINIANVS PP.AVG

 

Translate roughly "The Emperor Justinian"

 

On the reverse, the "M" is its denomination, a Follis. ANNO means year, and you will see the Roman numerals on the other side of the M as

 

X

VI

 

Means regional year 16

 

From that, I found out the year it was minted. 562 AD - 563 AD

 

Under the M, you can kind of make out a "B". That is the mark of the official who minted it. Under that, you can see CON which tells it was minted in Constantinople

[Hoot]

Thanks for the explanations! One day, these things might make sense!

 

Hoot