Fine Coins Showcase
Antiquities Showcase
Show Empty Categories
Shop Search
Shopping Cart
My FORVM
Contact Us
About Forum
Shopping at Forum
Our Guarantee
Payment Options
Shipping Options & Fees
Privacy & Security
Forum Staff
Selling Your Coins
Identifying Your Coin
FAQs
zoom.asp
Byzantine Empire, Justinian I, 4 April 527 - 14 November 565 A.D.
The Plague of Justinian in 541-542 A.D. (with recurrences until 750) was a pandemic that afflicted the Byzantine Empire and especially its capital, Constantinople, as well as the Sasanian Empire and port cities around the entire Mediterranean Sea, as merchant ships harbored rats that carried fleas infected with plague. Some historians believe the plague of Justinian was one of the deadliest pandemics in history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 25-100 million people during two centuries of recurrence, a death toll equivalent to as much as half of Europe's population at the time of the first outbreak. In 2013, researchers confirmed the cause of the Plague of Justinian was Yersinia pestis, the same bacterium responsible for the Black Death in 1347-1351.BZ00364. Bronze half follis, DOC I 65c, Morrisson BnF 4/Cp/AE/89, SBCV 165, Hahn MIBE 96, Sommer 4.25, Wroth -, Tolstoi -, Ratto -, VF, 3rd officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 541 - 542 A.D.; obverse D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, helmet with plume, globus cruciger in right hand, shield ornamented with horseman on left arm, cross right; reverse large K (20 nummi), cross above, ANNO left, XV (year 15 right), Γ (3rd officina) below; SOLD
Page created in 0.468 seconds.
