539-540 AD., Justinian I., Follis, Antiochia mint, Sear BC 218.
Justinian I., Antiochia mint, 1st officina,
Æ Follis / 40 Nummi (37-38 mm / 23.90 g), 539-540 AD.,
Obv.: DN IVSTINI - ANVS P P AVC , diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right.
Rev.: large M (value mark = 40 Nummi) between A / N / N / O and XIII (dated regnal year 13, 539-40 AD.), cross above, officina letter A beneath, ΘYΠO in ex.
Sear BC 218 ; DOC I 215a ; MIB I 143 .
Antioch was almost destroyed by a great earthquake on 29 November 528, after wich it was renamed Theoupolis.