Live auction - bby_927469 - JUSTIN I Follis
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| Estimate : | 20 € |
| Price : | 10 € |
| Maximum bid : | 10 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 August 2024 15:44:36 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Follis
Date: 518-522
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 16,77 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, légèrement décentré. Usure très importante et quelques faiblesses. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTI-NVS PP AVI.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadème invisible.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justin perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (DELTA)// CON.
Reverse description : M entre deux étoiles à six rais, surmonté d'une croisette.
Commentary
Poids léger. Sur cet exemplaire, le diadème est à peine visible. Ptéryges fines.
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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