Half Follis of the Justinian Plague,

this coin was minted in the Cyzicus mint, just outside of Constantinople, in Justinians 13th* year, making it date to 540 AD*.


EDIT:..this coin is from his 13th year...a year before the Plague ..my apologies



POST YOUR COINS & COMMENTS PEEPS! Justinian l, Ae bronze half follis, Obverse: bust facing, holding crosses, Reverse:K ANNO XIII, 31mm, 9.56gms

 

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Post my coins? That's easy, there's exactly 0 Byzantine coins in my collection.

@ominus1 , that's one sweet coin though. It's got lots of nice detail remaining. Great patina too.

 

Very nice condition and detail! Especially for a byzantine.
I get confused when it comes to these coins but believe this is my Justinian...minted in Carthage:




Justinian I

527-565 CE Æ Follis (30mm, 16.77 g, 2h). Carthage mint, 3rd officina. Struck circa 533-538. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, with Christogram on breast / Large M; [cross above, star to left,] cross to right, Γ below; [K]ART. DOC 286d; MIBE 184b; SB 259

 

thanks, yeah, i don't have a bunch either...this is my 4th one.

 

thanks, but i was thinking it wasn't that good,that's my philosophy purdy much too...one is one and you have one

 

Justinian I, (527-565 A.D.)
Ae 1/2 Follis
O: DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG,Diademed draped and cuirassed bust right.
R: Large K, cross to left, star above and below, officinia gamma to right.
22mm
9.9g
Constantinople mint
SB 164; Doc 33

 

Here is another 14 from a smaller denomination.

I have a feeling you will be getting more.

Justinian I
540 to 541 AD
Mint: Carthage
AE Nummus
Obvs: Justinian diademed, draped, and cuirass right.
Revs: VOT XIIII within wreath.
9x10mm, 0.75g
DO 303, Sear 279

 

that is very likely Dave..

 

Justinian I, half follis

 

Nice pick up @ominus1 - here's my crappy Maurice Tiberius.

 

Here's a year 14 Decanummium from Carthage:

 

My Justinian half-follis from Rome:

Justinian I, Byzantine Empire
AE half-follis
Obv: D N IVSTI-NIANVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: Large K, star to left, cross to right, all within wreath
Mint: Rome
Date: 537-542 AD
Ref: SB 301

 

..now that i'm studying this coins reverse...i now think it's from his 13th year....what's your thoughts?.. i see a single bottom numeral ...

 

haha...your feelings are right because this coin is not what i thought it was (it's 540, 13th year) so now i've bought the last two, Maurice Tiberius and this Justinian, convinced they were of the plague years..9_9..the search continues.. hehe, that's one way to collect'em

 

@ominus1 , good job! Nice Pre-Plague coin... only to get soiled by disease-ridden hands a year later.

You may want to keep that one entombed in that flip. Or else the CDC might come quarantine your home... please be careful!

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No clue when these are:


BZ Justinian I 527-565 CE AE Folles 30mm 17g 40 Nummi M monogram



BZ Justinian I 527-565 CE AE30 Folles 12.2g 40 Nummi M monogram

 

haha...yeah, you gotta point there....it was made prior to, but handled by them & those Romans..

 

That's a nice big flan on that half follis you got there @ominus1 !

I only have a couple of half follis of Justinian I, I have the best pic of this one. Even though everything is crowded onto the flan, the is a good sized coin for a half follis.



Justinian I, AE Half-Follis. 527-565 AD

DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and long sceptre, cross to right / Large K, ANNO to left, cross above, regnal year to right (year 30?), mintmark e (or P with angled downstroke). Antioch mint. SB 231 25x29 mm, 2.5 g

 

Decanummium (I)- Year 16. Justinian- Constantinople. I could get him at this fair condition, even few years after the plague.

 

Plague year follis (541/2):

 

I have heard or read several variations of this "old coin" story:

A man living in New York has just returned from a trip to Istanbul and throws a party at his apartment.

He pulls out a plastic bag of large dirty old copper coins and tells his guests that he walked by a construction site where the wives of some of the workers were selling bags of Byzantine coins found by workers and bought a bag for a few dollars.

At the party, he opens the bag and hands out the coins which still have dirt on them.

He then begins talking about the coins of Justinian and having determined the time the coins were buried to around 540 to 550 AD.

His guests are passing the coins around while the host explains that there was a plague or "black death" epidemic in the city at the time and that whoever dropped the coins was probably dying horribly of plague.

By now all of the guests are running to the bathroom or kitchen and scrubbing their hands with soap, detergent, cleaning powder.


Byzantine Justinian (AD 527-565) AE Follis
Obverse: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG
Reverse: Large letter "M", star left, cross top, cross right, Gamma under large "M", CON in exergue
Bronze, 30mm, 17.98gm, Catalog: Sear 158
Struck: AD 527-538 Constantinople
Grade: PF-30 (Plague Free)