Live auction - bby_927355 - JUSTIN I Solidus

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Estimate :	750 €
Price :	744 €
Maximum bid :	750 €
End of the sale :	24 September 2024 15:13:15
bidders :	6 bidders

Type : Solidus

Date: c. 522-527

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,42 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 10e

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire, centré. Joli buste ainsi qu’un revers agréable, bien venu à la frappe. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.5 - R.385 - Do.2 i - BN/B.- - BC.56 (300£) - MBR.3 - RGCMW.38 - DMBR.2 /2-2 (600€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N IVSTI-NVS PP AVI.

Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé et cuirassé de Justin Ier de face, tenant de la main droite la lance placée sur l'épaule et de la gauche un bouclier orné d'un cavalier bondissant à droite (N'a) ; diadème perlé.

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justin perpétuel auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VICTORI- A AVGGGI/ -|*// CONOB.

Reverse description : Ange debout de face, les ailes déployées, tenant une croix longue de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche ; étoile à huit rais.

Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (La victoire des augustes).