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| 裏面の説明 | Large Greek numeral M (denoting 40 nummi) dominates the central field, flanked on either side by a cross pattée. Below the M, a horizontal bar separates the value mark from the mint signature NIKM (Nicomedia) inscribed in the exergue. The officina letter B, indicating the second workshop, appears above the crossbar beneath the M. The composition is bold and schematic, characteristic of the Anastasian monetary reform type continued under Justinian I, emphasizing legibility of denomination over decorative elaboration. |
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Nicomedia's mint — designated NIK or NIKO in the exergue — was one of several provincial workshops reactivated under Justinian's sweeping monetary reform of 538, which standardized the follis and its fractions across the empire. This piece predates that reform, placing it in the transitional decade when Constantinople was still working out how to manage bronze coinage across distant mints with inconsistent output. Nicomedia, strategically positioned in Bithynia, had been a Roman imperial capital under Diocletian and retained enough infrastructure to mint reliably.
The flanking crosses around the M denomination mark are specific to this type and help distinguish it from closely related Constantinopolitan issues of the same period.