Obverse: D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing holding globus cruciger in right, shield decorated with horseman on left shoulder, cross in right field.
Reverse: Large M, between ANNO and regnal year XIII; cross above, officina A; below, ΘVΠO (Greek mintmark). Sear 218; DO 215
Not physically in the Moneta Museum. This rare specimen features an unusual spelling for the mint in Antioch which by now is renamed Theoupolis.
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Justinian I - Follis -Theoupolis XIII
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