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<p>[QUOTE="Herberto, post: 2947183, member: 74222"]And now about coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing news here,</p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian, 40 nummi, Constantinople, year 21.</p><p>very cleaned and oiled. (During this time, around 548, Theodora died and Byzantines took Rome for second time from the Goth):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]719129[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian, 40 nummi, Constantinople, year 18.</p><p>and not cleaned and very dark:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]719130[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian, 20 nummi, Carthage, year 13. </p><p>This coin is minted when the plague outbreak (540). This coin is just as wide as the two folles above. Because initially the coins were wide, as years passed on the coins became smaller and smaller:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]719131[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And two funny images from the game “Civilization V” depicting Justinian and Theodora:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]719135[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]719133[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Herberto, post: 2947183, member: 74222"]And now about coins. Nothing news here, Justinian, 40 nummi, Constantinople, year 21. very cleaned and oiled. (During this time, around 548, Theodora died and Byzantines took Rome for second time from the Goth): [ATTACH=full]719129[/ATTACH] Justinian, 40 nummi, Constantinople, year 18. and not cleaned and very dark: [ATTACH=full]719130[/ATTACH] Justinian, 20 nummi, Carthage, year 13. This coin is minted when the plague outbreak (540). This coin is just as wide as the two folles above. Because initially the coins were wide, as years passed on the coins became smaller and smaller: [ATTACH=full]719131[/ATTACH] And two funny images from the game “Civilization V” depicting Justinian and Theodora: [ATTACH=full]719135[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]719133[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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