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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Justinian Dynasty| > |Justin II| > BZ93508
Byzantine Empire, Justin II, 15 November 565 - 5 October 578 A.D.
|Justin| |II|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Justin| |II,| |15| |November| |565| |-| |5| |October| |578| |A.D.|, Nicomedia was the Roman metropolis of Bithynia. Diocletian made it the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire in 286 when he introduced the Tetrarchy system. Nicomedia remained the eastern (and most senior) capital of the Empire until co-emperor Licinius was defeated by Constantine the Great at the Battle of Chrysopolis in 324. Constantine resided mainly in Nicomedia as his interim capital for the next six years, until in 330 when he declared nearby Byzantium (renamed Constantinople) the new capital. Constantine died in his royal villa near Nicomedia in 337. Due to its position at the convergence of the Asiatic roads leading to the new capital, Nicomedia retained its importance even after the foundation of Constantinople.
BZ93508. Bronze pentanummium, DOC I 116, Sommer 5.30, Morrisson BnF 5/Ni/AE/41, Wroth BMC 425 (Justinian), Tolstoi 479 (same), Ratto 748 (same), SBCV 371, Sommer 5.30, aVF, squared flan, obverse a little off center, light marks, porosity, light deposits, Nicomedia (Izmit, Turkey) mint, weight 2.548g, maximum diameter 15.8mm, die axis 180o, 15 Nov 565 - 5 Oct 578 A.D.; obverse IVΣTINOY KAI COΦIAC (Justin and Sophia) monogram ; reverse Large E (5 nummi), smaller N (Nikomedia) right; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD











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