bby_218309 - JUSTINIAN I Decanummium
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 45.00 €
Type : Decanummium
Date: an 33
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,00 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan épais, irrégulier. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP A.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/N/N/O - X/XX/GI //NIK.
Reverse description : I surmonté d'une croix.
Reverse translation : (an 37/ Nicomédie).
Commentary
Poids excessivement léger. Bien qu’une partie du nom ne soit pas visible, seule une attribution à Justinien Ier est envisageable avec l’an 37, seul empereur ayant une telle longévité pour cette période (527-565).
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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