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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 8386440, member: 100951&quot;]I’d argue I’m more interested in Byzantine history than Roman or Greek history. However, I only own two Byzantine coins. Collecting Byzantine coins is an acquired taste for me as the Empire’s coinage is quite crudely engraved compared to the earlier Greek and Roman coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>My only coin of Justinian is this humble bronze Pentanummium:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/17D383zFQEaH9O9XQL2O_CRAdCq0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian I, 527 - 565 AD AE Pentanummium, Theoupolis Mint, 15mm, 2.44 grams Obverse: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Justinian right. Reverse: Large E with cross at center, D in right field. DOC 270 // Sear 243</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. Ken Dorney</p><p><br /></p><p>My only other Byzantine coin is a bronze Follis of Maurice Tiberius, the last emperor of the Justinian dynasty and the alleged author of the Strategikon, a manuel of Byzantine military doctrine. Maurice Tiberius was brutally murdered by the usurper Phocas, who was in turn deposed by Heraclius:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/75L1iWm9QECq0ndOMxjv_R1AfjiU.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>11.31g, 25mm Facing crowned bust of Maurice Tiberius holding a mappa and eagle tipped scepter. Large &quot;M&quot; &quot;ANNO&quot; to left, &quot;X IIIII&quot; to right, &quot;r&quot; below and &quot;THEUP&quot; in exergue. SB 533&nbsp; Antioch mint</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. Aegean Numismatics</p><p><br /></p><p>I’d love to someday own a gold Solidus of Justinian and a silver Hexagram of Heraclius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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