bby_575060 - JUSTINIAN I Demi-silique
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 320.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 320.00 €
Type : Demi-silique
Date: c. 537-552
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,19 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement irrégulier, bien centré. Joli buste. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTNI-ANVS PP AI.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : Monogramme.
Commentary
Précédemment, cette silique était attribuée aux Ostrogoths. D. Sear la rend à l’atelier de Carthage, après la reconquête byzantine, confirmé par le classements de Hahn et de A. Urs Sommer.
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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