Excerpt from Catalogue of the Imperial Byzantine Coins, Vol. 1 of 2: In the British MuseumThe alleged representation of euphemia, the wife of Justin I, on the reverse of a. Small bronze coin of her husband (sab., i, p. 167, No. 59; cp. Me'm. Soc. Arch. St. Pe't., The close of the year 527 ushers us into the spacious times of Justinian, of Belisarius and Tribonian. The character of Justinian was one strangely compounded of elements Of strength and weakness, and even his ability has been depreciated as of a mediocre type. Yet he was certainly the cause of greatness in others, and was himself inspired with an exalted, or at least grandiose, sense of the dignity of Empire. His great ideals were those of Imperial and Christian unity 1-ideals to be attained by the re-conquest Of the ancient Empire of Rome and by the organization and surveillance of State and Church in every detail.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.