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Fun fact while we are waiting , Justin II went crazy after the sack of Antioch by the persians and is said to have eaten two of his servants  . Though I have seen sources where they say he just badly mauled them with his teeth  . |
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hu....that's petty interesting. I did read that he went a bit crazy there at the end, and sophia was really running the show to some extent.
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Historians don't really know what he had , because he was in a good enough states of mind to appoint Tiberius II as Caesar yet was crazy enough that he had to be rolled around in a throne on wheels to keep him happy and calm . Any psychologists in the house ?
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Nice to hear all those stories from ancient copies of "diurna populi".
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The Acta diurna ceased to function by the time Justin II was eating people  Edited by Augustus Maximus
01/21/2015 7:39 pm
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The Acta Diurna was not the "People Magazine" of the time - to which I alluded.
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Ah I see. Back to waiting. Oh and to answer your question earlier , yes the state of the Union address was exciting enough to keep most of us up late.
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01/21/2015 7:49 pm
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Chrsmat got it! Maurice Tiberius, Byzantine Empire AE Decanummium Obv: D N MAVRC TIb PP AVH, crowned, draped and cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and shield Rev: Large I, ANNO (year) to left, regnal year XXI (21) to right Mint: Catania (struck 602 AD), Mintmark: CAT Ref: SB 308, MIB 228  |
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That is a very nice coin( very well struck) , especially since it is a Decanummium.  |
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i'll take either fellow...  |
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Constans II.
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01/21/2015 8:11 pm
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Heraclius (with Heraclius Constantine)?
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I agree with AugMax Constans II
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On the relevant coinage the image of Constantine IV seems to be younger.
But we will see.
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med shoots...and double scores!   heraclius and heraclius constantine o:heraclius and kid r:mongram of heraclis this is a follis from the sicily mint, but is overstruck on a heraclius constantiople mint follis. |
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