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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 7914761, member: 87200"]Anastasius has to be given a lot of credit for introducing the large follis which ended the string of terrible AE4 coins produced during the 5th century. He also vastly increased the wealth of the empire by creating a new, fairer system of taxation which resulted in a large surplus of 23 million gold solidi as related in the sources. </p><p><br /></p><p>With that war chest his successors, especially Justinian, were able to reconquer some of the West and Africa while solidifying the Byzantine hold on Italy. The funds also were used to build Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 7914761, member: 87200"]Anastasius has to be given a lot of credit for introducing the large follis which ended the string of terrible AE4 coins produced during the 5th century. He also vastly increased the wealth of the empire by creating a new, fairer system of taxation which resulted in a large surplus of 23 million gold solidi as related in the sources. With that war chest his successors, especially Justinian, were able to reconquer some of the West and Africa while solidifying the Byzantine hold on Italy. The funds also were used to build Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.[/QUOTE]
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