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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 8064686, member: 44316"]Here is a link to a news report with the title "<font size="4">We May Have Underestimated The First Known Outbreak of Bubonic Plague"</font></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-underestimated-the-first-known-outbreak-of-bubonic-plague" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-underestimated-the-first-known-outbreak-of-bubonic-plague" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-underestimated-the-first-known-outbreak-of-bubonic-plague</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my webpage on the coins of Antioch under Justinian. Antioch not only suffered from the plague, but also from major earthquakes:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The plague hit in 541 which is year 14/15 of Justinian. At Antioch "M" and "K" coins of Justinian were not issued in years 14 and 15 because of the interruption of the invasion of Khusru I. They were also not issued in years 17, 18, or 19, but the reason for the second interruption is not certain [Grierson, <i>Byzantine Coins</i>, page 66]; Hahn suggests it may have been the plague [p. 62].</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an unusual "K" from year 16:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398071[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 229</p><p>20 nummi</p><p>33 mm. 11.63 grams.</p><p>Year XG = 16 = 542/3.</p><p>Mintmark: CH, bar over the CH.</p><p>Hahn 153</p><p><i>DOC</i> 236[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 8064686, member: 44316"]Here is a link to a news report with the title "[SIZE=4]We May Have Underestimated The First Known Outbreak of Bubonic Plague"[/SIZE] [URL]https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-have-underestimated-the-first-known-outbreak-of-bubonic-plague[/URL] Here is my webpage on the coins of Antioch under Justinian. Antioch not only suffered from the plague, but also from major earthquakes: [URL]http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html[/URL] The plague hit in 541 which is year 14/15 of Justinian. At Antioch "M" and "K" coins of Justinian were not issued in years 14 and 15 because of the interruption of the invasion of Khusru I. They were also not issued in years 17, 18, or 19, but the reason for the second interruption is not certain [Grierson, [I]Byzantine Coins[/I], page 66]; Hahn suggests it may have been the plague [p. 62]. Here is an unusual "K" from year 16: [ATTACH=full]1398071[/ATTACH] Sear 229 20 nummi 33 mm. 11.63 grams. Year XG = 16 = 542/3. Mintmark: CH, bar over the CH. Hahn 153 [I]DOC[/I] 236[/QUOTE]
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