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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 4052774, member: 84744&quot;]Great post!!&nbsp; I think the coins from this transitional period are fascinating.</p><p><br /></p><p>Justinian plague follis:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062036[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Plague also helped clear the way for the Lombard invasion of Italy in the latter half of the sixth century.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an early Lombard half siliqua imitating Justinian:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062041[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sasanian occupation of Syria c. 611-625 (overstruck on a follis of Anastasius):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062037[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Drachm of Yazdgard III issued 635-6:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062039[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Early Islamic Arab-Byzantine imitative issue, c. 640s-650s:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062040[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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