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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 2937874, member: 74799&quot;]I was going to write something up on the Justinian Plague and the alterations of the coins of Constantinople, but Nathan beat me to it.&nbsp; I have been on the lookout for a decent RY16 follis and found a cheap one on ebay today and it was on the verge of closing, so I Clio&#039;ed at the last few seconds <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Since Justinian was struck with the illness, the die cutters seem to have taken that into consideration around RY 15 to RY 17.&nbsp; One of the many symptoms of Bubonic Plague is the swelling of lymph nodes.&nbsp; Looking at the Constantinople follis and half follis of that time, you can see a drastic change in the portraits:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><u>RY 13 vs. RY RY 16 of the same Constantinople Follis (Sear 163)</u></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-163.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-163%281%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><u>RY 12 vs. RY 16 of the same Constantinople Half Follis (Sear 165):</u></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-165.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-165%281%29.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can read more about this (its in French, but Google does a fairly good job in the translation) here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/10372470/Lempereur_Justinien_survivant_%C3%A0_la_peste_bubonique_542_" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/10372470/Lempereur_Justinien_survivant_%C3%A0_la_peste_bubonique_542_" rel="nofollow">Pottier, H., L&#039;empereur Justinien survivant à la peste bubonique (542), Mélanges Cécile Morrisson, Paris, 2010, p. 685-691</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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