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<p>[QUOTE="Caesar_Augustus, post: 7915688, member: 87659"]Indeed! The man is a legitimate legend. After reading a lot about him it really hit me that he wanted nothing less than the complete liberation of every single inch of Roman territory lost in the previous centuries. It's a shame he just got hit with so much bad luck. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another one from the City of God: </p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian the Great</p><p>AE Follis</p><p><img src="https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/justiniani6/justiniani6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>536 - 539 A.D., Antioch Mint, 3rd Officina</p><p>17.56g, 29.0mm, 6H</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG,</p><p><i>Emperor, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reverse:</b> -,</p><p><i>Large M, star to left, cross above, star to right, Γ below</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exergue:</b> ϴYΠOΛS</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Provenance:</b> Ex. Augustus Coins 2018</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference:</b> SBCV 217[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Caesar_Augustus, post: 7915688, member: 87659"]Indeed! The man is a legitimate legend. After reading a lot about him it really hit me that he wanted nothing less than the complete liberation of every single inch of Roman territory lost in the previous centuries. It's a shame he just got hit with so much bad luck. Another one from the City of God: Justinian the Great AE Follis [IMG]https://badlight.github.io/josephscoins/images/justiniani6/justiniani6.jpg[/IMG] 536 - 539 A.D., Antioch Mint, 3rd Officina 17.56g, 29.0mm, 6H [B]Obverse:[/B] D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, [I]Emperor, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right[/I] [B]Reverse:[/B] -, [I]Large M, star to left, cross above, star to right, Γ below[/I] [B]Exergue:[/B] ϴYΠOΛS [B]Provenance:[/B] Ex. Augustus Coins 2018 [B]Reference:[/B] SBCV 217[/QUOTE]
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