bby_556634 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: an 18
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 36,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 17,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, bien centré. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AV.
Obverse description : Buste de Justinien Ier, diadémé avec pendilia, couronné et cuirassé de face, tenant le globe crucigère de la main droite et un bouclier orné d'un cavalier de la gauche ; dans le champ à droite, une croix.
Obverse translation : (Notre Seigneur Justinien Perpétuel Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/N/N/O - /X/UI/II A// KYZ.
Reverse description : Grande M accostée d'une croisette.
Reverse translation : (an 18/ Cyzique).
Commentary
C’est la première année de frappe après la réforme an 12 (538/539). Le follis est encore taillé au 1/15 L. (poids 21,65 g) entre l’an 16 et 23 (542-550) .
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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