bby_494561 - JUSTINIAN I Decanummium
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 65.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Decanummium
Date: an 28
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,08 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan bien centré au revers, légèrement décentré au droit. Usure importante mais monnaie bien identifiable. Joli revers. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : DN IVSTINIA-NVS PP AV.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A’).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand I dans une couronne fermée entre deux étoiles à six rais.
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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