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Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Constantinople, RY 15 (Sear 163; DOC 38b; MIBE 95a)
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Obv: D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG; Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right
Rev: Large M; X/Ч across field, cross above, Є below; CON in exergue
This particular coin is the so-called Plague Coin of Justinian. It depicts a deformed face of Justinian when he was recovering from the plague. See the following reference paper for more information:
Pottier, H., L'empereur Justinien survivant à la peste bubonique (542), Mélanges Cécile Morrisson, Paris, 2010, p. 685-691
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![Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Constantinople, RY 15 (Sear 163; DOC 38b; MIBE 95a)
Obv: [i]D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG[/i]; Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right
Rev: Large M; X/Ч across field, cross above, Є below; CON in exergue
This particular coin is the so-called Plague Coin of Justinian. It depicts a deformed face of Justinian when he was recovering from the plague. See the following reference paper for more information:
[url=https://www.academia.edu/10372470/Lempereur_Justinien_survivant_%C3%A0_la_peste_bubonique_542_]Pottier, H., [i]L'empereur Justinien survivant à la peste bubonique (542)[/i], Mélanges Cécile Morrisson, Paris, 2010, p. 685-691[/url]](albums/userpics/36484/normal_Sear-163%283%29.jpg "Click to view full size image
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Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ Follis, Constantinople, RY 15 (Sear 163; DOC 38b; MIBE 95a)
Obv: [i]D N IVSTINIANVS P P AVG[/i]; Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger and shield; cross to right
Rev: Large M; X/Ч across field, cross above, Є below; CON in exergue
This particular coin is the so-called Plague Coin of Justinian. It depicts a deformed face of Justinian when he was recovering from the plague. See the following reference paper for more information:
[url=https://www.academia.edu/10372470/Lempereur_Justinien_survivant_%C3%A0_la_peste_bubonique_542_]Pottier, H., [i]L'empereur Justinien survivant à la peste bubonique (542)[/i], Mélanges Cécile Morrisson, Paris, 2010, p. 685-691[/url]")
