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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Justinian Dynasty| > |Justinian I| > BZ87969
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, the Bubonic plague, spread from Egypt, killed at least 230,000 in Constantinople (before counting stopped) and perhaps two million or more in the rest of the empire. Justinian I contracted the disease but recovered.
BZ87969. Bronze pentanummium, large module; DOC I 269, Wroth BMC 155, Morrisson BnF I 87, Sommer 4.110, Hahn MIB I 142, Berk 159, SBCV 242, Tolstoi -, Ratto -, Choice gVF, excellent centering, dark brown patina, Theoupolis-Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 2.257g, maximum diameter 17.0mm, die axis 180o, 537 - 551 A.D.; obverse D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; reverse large E (5 nummi) with cross at center made with center horizontal; rare; SOLD











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