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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 6410396, member: 26430&quot;]Thank you for sharing that article! Perhaps now I can expand my &quot;plague&quot; collection, which so far has focused only on the dated coins of Justinian.</p><p><br /></p><p>I consider the &quot;Justinian Plague Coinage&quot; to include coins struck in Years 14 (540/541) and 15 (541/542) especially, but also 16 and on. The plague hit Constantinople in Year 15, and infected Justinian himself (he survived &amp; bore facial scars for life).</p><p><br /></p><p>It is always surprising to me that the Justinian&#039;s mints appear not to have any major disruption of production. Dated coinage from Years 14-16 is quite plentiful across the mints, at least from Nicomedia, Theoupolis (Antioch), Constantinople and Carthage. (Cyzicus may just be less common in general, but I don&#039;t recall seeing any RY 15&#039;s from there.)</p><p><br /></p><p>My Year 14 Justinian Plague Follis from Constantinople is actually a year early being from the mint at the capital (RY 15 is next on my list), but plague had already reached Byzantine N. Africa in Year 14, particularly in Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Year &quot;XIIII&quot; Nummus from Carthage, below, is the auction house photo, since I have not yet photographed it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253878[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one has actually appeared on CoinTalk before, but from a different owner, CT member [USER=87080]@TheRed[/USER] ...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253874[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Justinian I “The Great” (527 – 565) AE Follis </b>(23.8g, 39mm). Constantinople, 1 Aug 540 – 31 Jul 541 (regnal year 14).</p><p><b>Obv</b>: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVI. Diademed, helmeted &amp; cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger in r. hand &amp; shield over l. shoulder decorated w/ equestrian motif; in field to r., cross.</p><p><b>Rev</b>: Large M, ANNO – X/II/II to either side. Cross above. A below. CON in exergue.</p><p><b>References</b>: SB 163; DOC 39a.</p><p><b>Pedigree</b>: Ex-Ancient &amp; Medieval Coins Canada Auction 2, Lot 274 (Toronto, 9 November 2019); Ex-“TheRed” Collection; Ex-FORVM Ancient Coins (n.d. <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=36361q00.jpg&amp;vpar=797&amp;zpg=47237&amp;" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=36361q00.jpg&amp;vpar=797&amp;zpg=47237&amp;" rel="nofollow">Item SH36361</a>), with tag.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Further references and more about this coin &amp; coin-in-hand video are in a <a href="https://conservatoricoins.com/showcase-coin-justinian-plague-follis-constantinople-540-1-ad/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://conservatoricoins.com/showcase-coin-justinian-plague-follis-constantinople-540-1-ad/" rel="nofollow">blog post I wrote</a> about it.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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