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A fifth coin is of the emperor Justinian (d. 565), who reclaimed for the empire parts of Italy and north Africa, and erected in Constantinople the great church of Hagia Sophia. His initials are carved on the underside of the rare, two-sided marble column capital displayed above.\r\n
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