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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Caesar_Augustus, post: 7668897, member: 87659&quot;]I&#039;m quite happy with the exchange rate as I do love a good ol&#039; goods purchase from the states.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my favorite win from AMCC 2. Something about Justinianic folles. That Emperor had some pretty nasty press with his people though. Suppressing revolts using military force, sending out good young men into brutal battles in Italy, and having a whole pandemic rage through his population doesn&#039;t bode well on the man&#039;s contemporary reputation. It&#039;s a miracle that everything stayed together after all that... but not for so long. Coins like this are a testimony to the Great Roman Empire&#039;s last great exhalation before suffering colossal losses that made recovery nearly impossible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian the Great</p><p>AE Follis</p><p><img src="https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/justiniani3/justiniani3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>542 - 543 A.D., Cyzicus Mint, 2nd Officina</p><p>19.765g, 39.4mm, 6H</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG,</p><p><i>Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, holding globus cruciger and shield decorated with horseman motif; cross to right</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> -,</p><p><i>Large M; A/N/N/O - X/ς (R.Y. 16) across field, cross above, B below</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exergue:</b> KYZ</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex. Ancient &amp; Medieval Coins Canada Auction 2, Lot 277, Ex. Forum Ancient Coins</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> SBCV 207[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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