bby_295561 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
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Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 527-538
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 16,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine noire granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS P AV.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A// NIKM À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : M accostée d’une étoile à six rais et d’une croisette.
Commentary
Le diadème est à peine visible. Au revers, la marque de valeur est encadrée par une étoile à six rais et deux croisettes.
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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