BYZANTINE; Justin II & Sophia CE 565-578

 AE Half Follis, 20 mm, 6.52 g, Thessalonica mint RY 10/CE 574-575

SB 366

O: DN IVSTINVS PP AV or similar, Justin l and Sophia r std facing on double throne both nimbate.

R: Large K, above Θ+c, A/N/N/O to left and X for regnal year to right with Tεs in ex.

AE Half Follis, 20 mm, 6.52 g, Thessalonica mint RY 10/CE 574-575

SB 366

O: DN IVSTINVS PP AV or similar, Justin l and Sophia r std facing on double throne both nimbate.

R: Large K, above Θ+c, A/N/N/O to left and X for regnal year to right with Tεs in ex.

BYZANTINE; Heraclius, Heraclius Constantine & Martina CE 610-641

AE Follis, 23 x 27 mm, 7.03 g, Thessalonica mint RY 14/CE 623-624

SB 825

O: no legend Heraclius Constantine, Heraclius and Martina stg facing (it appears that HC is on the left and Martina on the right).

R: Large M, A/N/N/O on left X/II/II on right and officina is unreadable but likely B, with Θεc in ex.

 

BYZANTINE; John II Comnenus CE 1118-1143

AE Half Tetarteron, 16 mm, 1.79 g, Thessalonica mint

SB 1954

O: fig stg facing on footstool wearing nimbus cr pallium and colobium holding book in l, insc to left and right reads IC/XC

R: Emperor bust facing but holding labarum, insc reads + Iω ΔεcπOT or similar

 

BYZANTINE; Phocas CE 602-610

AE Decanummium, 18 mm, 2.46 g, Constantinople mint

SB 645

O: crowned cuir bust facing holding gl cr and shield. O N FOCAS PERP AVG or similar

R: Large X with cross above. 

Column of Phocas, the last monument erected in the Roman Forum in CE 608 as seen at the end of September 2024