bby_216526 - JUSTIN I Dodecanummium
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 45.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 45.00 €
Type : Dodecanummium
Date: 578-582
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,90 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré. Portrait stylisé. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTI-NVS 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 Constantinus”, (Notre seigneur Constantin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : I - B.
Reverse description : Croisette entre deux lettres grecques.
Reverse legend : ALEX
Reverse translation : (12/ Alexandrie).
Commentary
Diadème à peine visible. Ce type semble en fait plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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