bby_867228 - JUSTIN I Demi-follis
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Type : Demi-follis
Date: 522-527
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré. Joli buste. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Usure régulière. Patine marron
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 description : Grand K accosté d’une croix grecque dans le champ à gauche, entre deux étoiles.
Reverse legend : D.
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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