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Description

Justinian I 527-565 AD. AE Follis (40 Nummi) (35.mm, 18.56 g 6h(coin orientation).
Theoupolis (Antioch) mint. 3rd Officina; dated RY21 (547/8)
Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right / Large M; cross above,m X/X/I(date) to right. MIBE 145a; SB220. VF, red-brown surfaces, traces of deposits.
NGC graded XF (removed from damaged holder)
Strike: 4/5 Surface 3/5
Rare
Antioch was founded near the end of the fourth century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. The city's geographical, military, and economic location benefited its occupants, particularly such features as the spice trade, the Silk Road, and the Royal Road. It eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the Near East. The city was the capital of the Seleucid Empire until 63 B.C. when the Romans took control, making it the seat of the governor of the province of Syria. From the early 4th century, the city was the seat of the Count of the Orient, head of the regional administration of sixteen provinces.[citation needed] It was also the main center of Hellenistic Judaism at the end of the Second Temple period. Antioch was one of the most important cities in the eastern Mediterranean of Rome's dominions. It covered almost 1,100 acres (4.5 km2) within the walls of which one quarter was mountain, leaving 750 acres (3.0 km2) about one-fifth the area of Rome within the Aurelian Walls.

Antioch was called "the cradle of Christianity" as a result of its longevity and the pivotal role that it played in the emergence of both Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity. The Christian New Testament asserts that the name "Christian" first emerged in Antioch.
(Wikipedia)

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