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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 2881441, member: 87080&quot;]What a fantastic post [USER=44210]@ValiantKnight[/USER] </p><p>I think Justinian is one of the most polarizing emperors of the Byzantine Empire.&nbsp; He did much to reclaim the lost provinces of the west, splendidly rebuilt the Hagia Sophia, and reformed the Roman law code, yet he also spent vast sums of money on his wars and buildings that left the empire much worse off financially.</p><p>I have a few coins from Justinian.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]690728[/ATTACH]</p><p>Justinian I Bronze Follis, 1st officina, Constantinople mint, 540 - 541 A.D.</p><p>23.635g, 39.3mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, globus cruciger in right, shield on left, cross right, shield decorated with horseman;</p><p><b>Rev:</b> large M (40 nummi), cross above, ANNO left, regnal year X/II/II (year 14) right, A (1st officina) below, CON (Constantinople) in exergue; reverse double struck.</p><p>DOC I 39a</p><p>[ATTACH=full]690729[/ATTACH]</p><p>Justinian I Bronze Follis, 2nd officina, Cyzicus (Kapu Dagh, Turkey) mint, 542 - 543 A.D.</p><p>19.765g, 39.4mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, globus cruciger in right hand, shield in left hand, to right cross.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> large M (40 nummi), cross above, A/N/N/O left, regnal year X/V right, B (officina 2) below, KYZ (Cyzicus) in exergue.</p><p>SBCV 207</p><p>[ATTACH=full]690732[/ATTACH]</p><p>Justinian I Bronze Follis, 2nd officina, Carthage (near Tunis, Tunisia) mint, 534 - 539 A.D.</p><p>12.942g, 28.5mm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> D N IVSTINIANVS PP AG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> large M (40 nummi), cross above, star left, cross right, B below, KART in exergue.</p><p>SBCV 259[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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