{"product_id":"justinian-i-decanummium-byzantine-empire-bronze-527-565-ad","title":"Justinian I Decanummium • Byzantine Empire • Bronze • 527-565 AD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eStruck during the reign of Justinian I, this bronze decanummium circulated through workshops, markets, and neighborhood streets of the Byzantine Empire. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eIt passed through the hands of craftsmen, shopkeepers, and families paying for daily necessities. This was small change, light and familiar in the palm, used without ceremony. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eSomeone once relied on this exact type of coin to get through an ordinary day nearly fifteen centuries ago. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eTheir moment faded. The coin remains.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou will receive the exact coin pictured.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWho held this before?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePicture Constantinople in an age of towering ambition. Streets crowded with laborers, merchants, monks, and soldiers. The sound of chisels echoes as the Hagia Sophia rises, while wars and rumors of plague press in from every side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis small bronze coin once mattered. It may have bought bread for a worker helping build the great church. It could have passed through a market stall during shortages caused by distant campaigns. Perhaps a family spent it quietly as sickness spread, turning ordinary days into acts of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough modest in size, this coin moved through countless hands shaped by faith, exhaustion, and determination. People who believed they were restoring Rome, even as the cost reached every household. Their lives ended. Their empire changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe coin endured.\u003cbr\u003eNow it rests in your hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eCoa\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1snJPOHO4KET-nl-3MOUJ-fwbfqWNstnm\/view?usp=sharing\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eView the Certificate of Authenticity for this coin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Held Before","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47798490923163,"sku":null,"price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/8793\/2827\/files\/HB-26000038_1_1.png?v=1767659468","url":"https:\/\/heldbefore.com\/products\/justinian-i-decanummium-byzantine-empire-bronze-527-565-ad","provider":"Held Before","version":"1.0","type":"link"}