bby_208223 - JUSTINIAN I Decanummium
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Price : 55.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Decanummium
Date: an 35
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et irrégulier. Portrait grossier. Frappe fruste au revers. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine noire légèrement granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : DN IVS-ANVS P.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadème perlé.
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/N/N/O - X/XX/U// KVZ.
Reverse description : Grand I surmonté d'une croix.
Reverse translation : (An 35/ Cyzique).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Le diadéme est à peine visible sur cet exemplaire. Sur notre decanummium, la légende semble dégénérée comme sur l’exemplaire du Dumbarton Oaks Collection qui est de même coin de droit que notre exemplaire (Do pl. XXXIV, n° 196.1).
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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