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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Justinian Dynasty| > |Justinian I| > BZ86779
Byzantine Empire, Justinian I, 4 April 527 - 14 November 565 A.D.
|Justinian| |I|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Justinian| |I,| |4| |April| |527| |-| |14| |November| |565| |A.D.|, In 542, the Plague of Justinian (Bubonic plague) spread from Egypt, killed at least 230,000 in Constantinople (before counting stops), and perhaps two million or more in the rest of the empire. Emperor Justinian I contracted the disease but recovered.
BZ86779. Bronze follis, DOC I 41d, Wroth BMC 67, Ratto 515, Tolstoi 114, SBCV 163, Sommer 4.21, Hahn MIB I 95a, Morrisson BnF I -, Choice aVF, well centered, dark green patina, 4th officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 19.888g, maximum diameter 37.1mm, die axis 180o, 542 - 543 A.D.; obverse D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, helmet with crest, diadem and pendilia, globus cruciger in right hand, shield ornamented with a horseman on left arm, cross right; reverse large M (40 nummi), cross above, ANNO left, regnal year X/UI (year 16) right, Δ below, CON (Constantinople) in exergue; SOLD











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