v08_0734 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis
Date: 538-544
Mint name / Town : Italie, Rome
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,62 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Petit module. Type inhabituel. Patine marron / Frappe faible à l'exergue. Flan légèrement bombé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient du fonds Platt (avec son étiquette de stock)
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVS[TIN]-IANVS PP AVC.
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 legend : A// ROMA.
Reverse description : M surmontée d'une croix entre une étoile à 6 branches et une croisette ; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l'exemplaire de Dumbarton Oaks (Do.1/175-322.3, pl. 45). Poids très léger.
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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