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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3293588, member: 99456&quot;]<b>Justin II </b>(reign AD 565-574) and Sophia, AE Follis of AD 568/9</p><p>[ATTACH=full]871175[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Obv</b>: DN IVSTINVS PP AVG, Justin on left holding globus cruciger (globe with cross) and Sophia on right, holding cruciform scepter, both nimbate (halo around their heads), seated facing on double-throne</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Large M, ANNO to left, cross above, regnal year II/II (4 or AD 568/9) to right, officina letter Γ below, mintmark CON (Constantinople)</p><p><b>Size: </b>13.3g; 29-31.7mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Justin II was</p><p>- nephew of Justinian I &amp; wife Theodora</p><p>- son of Justinian I&#039;s sister Vigilantia</p><p>- married to Sophia, niece to his aunt Theodora</p><p><br /></p><p>He struggled as emperor : inheriting financial difficulties - he gained a little success by collecting taxes, initially tolerant, and later persecuting miaphysite Christians, he lost a fight over paying tributes to the Avars and ended up paying more, he lost territory to the Lombards in Italy, to the Western Turks in Crimea, and the Persians in Mesopotamia.&nbsp; In 574 having bouts of madness, he was convinced by Sophia to adopt and appoint Tiberius as Caesar and he handed over governance to Tiberius - leading his last 4 years, before his death, free of the pressures of the empire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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