{"id":86684,"date":"2026-02-07T11:49:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/?p=86684"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:49:41","slug":"justinian-i-plague-and-power-the-coin-chronicles-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/07\/justinian-i-plague-and-power-the-coin-chronicles-episode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Justinian I, plague, and power &#8211; The Coin Chronicles: Episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This episode explores a massive bronze follis of Emperor Justinian I, struck at Nicomedia in AD 547\u2013548, during the height of the Plague of Justinian. Justinian\u2019s reign reshaped the Roman world through conquest, law, and monumental architecture, but it was also defined by war, economic strain, and pandemic. This oversized 40 nummi follis\u2014featuring Justinian in military dress and the bold M denomination\u2014was struck as the empire struggled to maintain order amid catastrophe. Referenced as Sear Byzantine Coins 201 (DOC 25), this coin is a powerful reminder of how imperial authority was projected in bronze during one of history\u2019s most challenging eras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Justinian I, plague, and power - The Coin Chronicles: Episode 2\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/im4fcYOU5sc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode explores a massive bronze follis of Emperor Justinian I, struck at Nicomedia in AD 547\u2013548, during the height of the Plague of Justinian. Justinian\u2019s reign reshaped the Roman world through conquest, law, and monumental architecture, but it was also defined by war, economic strain, and pandemic. This oversized 40 nummi follis\u2014featuring Justinian in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-youtube"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86687,"href":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86684\/revisions\/86687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinstampdb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}