v20_0103 - JUSTINIAN I Decanummium
MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Decanummium
Date: an 26
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,81 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Légèrement décentré au droit. Jolie patine vert foncé et sable. Revers parfaitement centré
Obverse
Obverse legend : [DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AV].
Obverse description : Buste couronné, casqué et cuirassé de face, tenant un globe crucigère (A'a).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/N/N/O - X/X/X/UI//.
Reverse description : Grand I surmonté d'une croix.
Reverse legend : THEuP
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, la légende semble dégénérée.
Historical background
JUSTINIAN I
(1/08/527-14/11/565)
Justinian succeeded his uncle Justin in 527 after a co-regency from April 4 to August 1, 527. He reigned with Empress Theodora. The construction of Hagia Sophia was completed under his reign, which marks the height of the Byzantine conquests. Carthage as well as Africa and part of Numidia were reconquered from the Vandals thanks to General Bélisaire. After a century of Vandal domination, Romanism once again reigned over the Mediterranean. Belisarius then attacked the Ostrogoths and took Rome on December 9, 536. Theodora died in 545. Justinian reigned another twenty years. Childless, his nephew Justin II succeeded him..
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