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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 1887532, member: 44210&quot;]... coins, that is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> One of my several new acquisitions is a Byzantine (or East Roman or just Roman, whatever floats your galley) half-follis struck during the years of the Plague of Justinian, this coin bearing none other than, Justinian I himself. And it was struck in year 15 (corresponding to 542 AD, the very year the disease first hit the capital Constantinople). Named because it happened during his reign, the plague would afflict the emperor himself, but he ended up being one of the lucky ones. The Plague of Justinian was the worse outbreak of disease that hit the civilized world until the Black Death in the 1300s.</p><p>Considering the circumstances, I imagine my coin had to have changed hands pretty quickly shortly after it was struck... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_I" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_I" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_I</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Justinian</a></p><p><br /></p><p><u><b>Justinian I</b></u>, Byzantine emperor (reigned 527-565 AD)</p><p>AE Half-follis</p><p>Obv: DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and shield, cross to right</p><p>Rev: Large K, cross above, ANNO (&quot;year&quot;) to left, regnal year (XV - 15) to right, gamma below</p><p>Constantinople mint, struck 542 AD</p><p>Ref: SB 164</p><p>27 mm wide, 10.6 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa429/LurkingNinja/justinianhalffol_zps36127c51.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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