v32_0745 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis
Date: 527
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 17,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, épais et irrégulier pour ce type monétaire inaugural de Justinien Ier. Beau portrait. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Épaisse patine vert noir
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVC.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : B// CON À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : M accostée d’une étoile à six rais et d’une croisette, surmontée d’une croisette ; entre les jambages B.
Commentary
Le paludamentum est timbré d’une étoile qui a la forme d’un chrisme archaïque. Au revers, l’étoile ressemble au sceau de Salomon et la croix est grecque.
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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