bby_885160 - JUSTINIAN I Demi-follis
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Type : Demi-follis
Date: 528-538
Mint name / Town : Theoupolis (Antioche)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 5,90 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Beau buste de l’empereur. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVC.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadèmé perlé.
Obverse translation : (Notre Seigneur Justinien Perpétuel Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand K.
Reverse legend : Q-U/ P-O/ L-S/ D
Reverse translation : (La ville de Dieu).
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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