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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 4341479, member: 87200&quot;]Justinian....the city of Coptos in Egypt was renamed Justinianopolis during his reign. There remains some stone and mud brick ruins of the city today, though it is off the beaten track. I visited it a few years back. Today the village is called Qift and is situated 43 km north of Luxor. In ancient times its proximity to the port of Berenike on the Red Sea made it a trading hub between India, Punt, and Arabia Felix. The city fell to the Blemmeyes in the 3rd century A.D. and was almost destroyed by Diocletian in 292. Rebuilt, it remained prominent into Byzantine times and later became a seat of the Ayyubid Dynasty.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099837[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099838[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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