E-auction 93-48393 - bby_289731 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
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| Estimate : | 195 € |
| Price : | 49 € |
| Maximum bid : | 72 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 January 2015 16:14:00 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: an 13
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 40 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 19,72 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan extrêmement large, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait avec une usure superficielle sur la partie la plus en relief. Joli revers. Magnifique patine gris vert, granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AV.
Obverse description : Buste de Justinien Ier, diadémé avec pendilia, couronné et cuirassé de face, tenant le globe crucigère de la main droite et un bouclier orné d'un cavalier de la gauche ; dans le champ à droite, une croix.
Obverse translation : (Notre Seigneur Justinien Perpétuel Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/N/N/O - /X/II// (DELTA)// KYZ.
Reverse description : Grande M accostée d'une croisette.
Reverse translation : (an 12/ Cyzique).
Commentary
Le bouclier est orné d’un cavalier galopant à droite. C’est la première année de frappe après la réforme an 12 (538/539). Le follis est encore taillé au 1/18 L. (poids 18,04 g).
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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