Justinian I:
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Type ES11
AE17. 5Z:30. 4.17 grams. Unusually large.
Justinian II, Second Reign, AV Solidus, 705-708, Constantinople
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Justinien succéda à son oncle Justin en 527 après une co-régence du 4 avril au 1er août 527. Il régna avec l'impératrice Théodora. La construction de Sainte-Sophie fut achevée sous son règne qui marque l'apogée des conquêtes byzantines.
Justin I
Byzantine Empire, Justin I AD518-527. AV Gold Solidus (4.46 gm). Constantinople mint. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield.
Justin II 565-578 CE Æ Follis Struck year 4
Obv: D N IVSTI NVS P P AVI, Justin, on left, holding globus cruciger, and Sophia, on right, holding cruciform scepter. .
Rx: Large M between Large M, cross above; A/NIKO.
Nicomedia mint.
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Justin and Sophia seated facing on a double throne, he holds a cruciform globe and she a cruciform scepter
Reverse Legend:
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Justin II
follis
King & Queen Enthroned
Some Byzantine portraits were full length, standing or seated, and often included more than one person. Note the couple are both shown nimbate.
Justinian I, AD 527-565, AE Decanummium. Emperor bust rt./Large I, star either side, Constantinople mint. Near centered, reasonably clear portrait with slight facial detail, rev.
Justinian I, AD 527 to 565.
Lead seal impression.
Period: Byzantine, time of Justinian I, AD 527 to 565.
Material: Lead.
Size: 19.2 mm across the rounded part of the seal, not including the projecting points.
Weight: 7.69 grams.
A capital M appears on coins of Anastasius, Justinus I, Justinus II, Tiberius Constantinus, Mauricius, Phocas, Heraclius, and other Emperors of the East.M Marci - M F Marci Filius. In like manner a M N Marci Nepos.
Very few places will accept a Byzantine rare coin with Justinian's picture if you're in a bind, whereas you can still sell an Australian Lunar coin or a Canadian Maple leaf for ready cash--it's all about liquidity.
The message entitled social studies project posted by Justin Mercer on 5/21/03 18:26 in the liberty nickels coin collecting value forum has now expired. Sorry for the inconvenience.
527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN.
I received this e-mail from Justin Pinkney, who is trying to build a pyramid made of one million pennies. He has a blog too. If I'd have known about this 2 years ago I could have told him to talk to the guy trying to get rid of a million pennies.
Both gold and copper were struck, gold issues imitating coins of the reigns preceding Justinian II. The most common copper denomination was the fals, derived from the Byzantine follis or piece of 40 nummia.
At the request of Kimball, Senator Justin S. Morill introduced a bill authorizing the Treasury Department to redesign coins without first obtaining the permission of Congress, as long as the current design had been in use for at least 25 years.
The mint at Rome was reopened by Justinian I in the 540s and continued to operate until the mid-8th century during the reign of Constantine V.
Boers in South Africa begin the Great Trek across the Orange River.
First printed literature in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is produced by Justin Perkins, an American Presbyterian missionary.
Trichomonas vaginalis was first discovered
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628---Stephan IV (Imitative of Justin & Sophia Byzantine coins). 1162-1163. Æ Bracteate Follis. Seated Madonna w. child/2 std figures. Very unusual type. Prob. struck during time of Manuel I's invasion of Hungary. Rethy-98, Hus-72.
obverse (heads) of the 2009 Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar features an image of President Lincoln with the inscriptions LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and 2009, designed by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Justin ...
that all nations do their trade: it is received everywhere from one end of the earth to the other: it is admired by all men and every kingdom, for no other kingdom has its like."
Cosmas Indicopleustes an Egyptian merchant of the time of Justinian I ...
Also, William Justin DeLeonardis, "America's First Dollar?" The Numismatist, vol. 100, no. 10 (October, 1987) 2118-2120; and James E.
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