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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Caesar_Augustus, post: 5127900, member: 87659&quot;]I know that some of the Emperors are saints in the Church, like Justinian the Great. Large issues of his reformed coins are readily available. It&#039;s quite nice to hold a piece of history from when the Roman Empire was finally getting the upper hand once more as a super power and liberating territory conquered by barbaric tribes only a hundred years prior. During this time period, there&#039;s a lot of Orthodox symbolism used on coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian the Great</p><p>AE Follis</p><p><img src="https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/justiniani1/justiniani1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>540 - 541 A.D., Nicomedia Mint, 1st Officina</p><p>23.31g, 39.0mm, 6H</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> D N IVSTINIANVS PP 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/II/II (R.Y. 14) across field, cross above, A below</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exergue:</b> NIKO</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex. Numismatik Naumann Auction 60 Lot 593</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> SBCV 201[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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