Ancient Byzantine Empire: gold tremissis of Justinian I, ca. 527-565 AD
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Ancient Byzantine Empire: gold tremissis of Justinian I, ca. 527-565 AD
NGC Mint State (Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, "wrinkled"), cert #4170211-001. Ex-CNG eAuction 294, Lot 820, 1/16/2013. Purchased raw.
Quoting the original CNG auction description: "Justinian I. 527-565. AV Tremissis (15mm, 1.50 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. DOC 19; MIBE 19; SB 145. Good VF, slightly wavy flan, small edge split."
This one had a pleasant plastic outcome, garnering a "Mint State" grade at NGC, much to my amazement and delight. That's quite a boost from CNG's "Good VF" grade. The "slightly wavy flan" CNG mentioned came out as "wrinkled" on the NGC label, which is rather strange nomenclature, if basically accurate. In hand, the flan doesn't look terribly wavy. This is a smaller coin, so it would likely be more noticeable on a bigger piece.
Justinian the First, otherwise known as "Justinian the Great", was known for his legal reforms, which became the foundation upon which much modern civil law in the West rests to this day.
Miscellaneous links:
Original CNG auction listing
NGC cert verification page
Coins of Justinian I (Wildwinds reference)
Wikipedia links:
Justinian I
Tremissis
Corpus Juris Civilis (the legal reforms of Justinian)
Victoria (the Roman goddess Victory in mythology)
When posted here, this coin was part of my "Eclectic Box of 20" collection.
NGC Mint State (Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, "wrinkled"), cert #4170211-001. Ex-CNG eAuction 294, Lot 820, 1/16/2013. Purchased raw.
Quoting the original CNG auction description: "Justinian I. 527-565. AV Tremissis (15mm, 1.50 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. DOC 19; MIBE 19; SB 145. Good VF, slightly wavy flan, small edge split."
This one had a pleasant plastic outcome, garnering a "Mint State" grade at NGC, much to my amazement and delight. That's quite a boost from CNG's "Good VF" grade. The "slightly wavy flan" CNG mentioned came out as "wrinkled" on the NGC label, which is rather strange nomenclature, if basically accurate. In hand, the flan doesn't look terribly wavy. This is a smaller coin, so it would likely be more noticeable on a bigger piece.
Justinian the First, otherwise known as "Justinian the Great", was known for his legal reforms, which became the foundation upon which much modern civil law in the West rests to this day.
Miscellaneous links:
Original CNG auction listing
NGC cert verification page
Coins of Justinian I (Wildwinds reference)
Wikipedia links:
Justinian I
Tremissis
Corpus Juris Civilis (the legal reforms of Justinian)
Victoria (the Roman goddess Victory in mythology)
When posted here, this coin was part of my "Eclectic Box of 20" collection.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
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Very nice coin!
Yes, that was a nice lick, and more than made up for the NGC spanking the Pius got.
I've got maybe three or more coin threads to post, and then this flurry should settle a bit and I can link all the threads up to the Box of 20 master thread, which I am still tweaking.
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