Live auction - bby_381240 - JUSTINIAN I Demi-silique
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| Estimate : | 750 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 480 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 March 2016 15:09:17 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Demi-silique
Date: 552-565
Mint name / Town : Ravenna
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,68 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan bien centré. Beau buste de Justinien Ier. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DN IVSTI-NIANVS P A.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Justinien Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) avec la trabea .
Obverse translation : “Dominus Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Chrisme (Staurogramme) posé sur un globe avec un degré entre deux étoiles à sis rais ; le tout dans une couronne de feuillage.
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
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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