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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2761723, member: 76086&quot;]Justinian was an interesting character, good and bad.&nbsp; One of his accomplishments was the codification and standardization of Roman law.&nbsp; Quite interested.&nbsp; Once upon a time I was into book collecting and had a 16th Century copy of it.&nbsp; Wish I had kept it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, the only Byzantine coin in my collection, below.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Dont know, its fairly ugly.&nbsp; Oh yea, it was a gift from my brother.&nbsp; Very low on my list is to replace it (or accompany) with a nice large module Follis in EF.&nbsp; They arent hard to find, $100-200 or so, but I just havent been looking.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]634862[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Justinian I, 527 – 565 AD</b></p><p>Æ Follis, 35mm Theoupolis (Antioch) Mint,&nbsp; 19.65 grams</p><p><b>Obverse:</b>&nbsp; D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian facing holding globus cruciger and shield, cross to right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b>&nbsp; Large M, ANNO to left, XXЧ&nbsp; to right, cross above G below, THЧΠ’ in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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