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Byzantine Empire, Justin II, 15 November 565 - 5 October 578 A.D.
Justin, unable to handle the burden of his failures, fell into madness. He ordered an organ be played continuously to soothe his frenzied mind. He was pulled through the palace on a wheeled throne, biting attendants as he passed, and there were rumors that he had devoured a number of them. In 574, General Tiberius was adopted as his caesar, regent and heir. Tiberius received the diadem on his knees before the assembly. Justin, in a moment of sanity, addressed the new monarch saying: "If you consent, I live; if you command, I die: may the God of heaven and earth infuse into your heart whatever I have neglected or forgotten." The assembly applauded with sympathy, silence, and in tears for their prince. Sophia and Tiberius ruled as joint regents for four years, while Justin sank into growing insanity.BZ97793. Bronze follis, DOC I 32b, Ratto 803, MIBEC 43a, Sommer 5.9, SBCV 360, Wroth BMC 56 var. (Christogram vice cross), Tolstoi -, Morrisson BnF -, aVF, broad flan, partial green patina and colorful deposits, 2nd officina, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 12.997g, maximum diameter 31.5mm, die axis 180o, 571 - 572 A.D.; obverse D N IVSTI-NVS P P AV, Justin II (on left) and Sophia (on right) seated side-by-side facing on a double throne, both are nimbate, he holds a globus cruciger, she holds a cruciform scepter; reverse large M (40 nummi) between ANNO and ΣI (year 6), cross above, B (2nd officina) below, CON (Constantinople) in exergue; SOLD
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