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| Starting price : | 40 € |
| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 29 October 2024 15:06:57 |
Type : Demi-follis
Date: 522-527
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine foncée et sable
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTI-NYS PP AV.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justin perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : E.
Reverse description : Grand K accosté d’une croix grecque dans le champ à gauche.
Historical background
JUSTIN I
(10/07/5/518-1/08/527)
Justin I, illiterate of Macedonian origin, was a brilliant military leader under the reigns of Zeno and Anastasius. At the time of his accession, he was commander-in-chief of the "excubitores" (guards) of Constantinople. He succeeded Anastasius and associated his nephew Justinian with power, who became co-emperor on April 4, 527. Justin died on the following August 1.
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