v38_1387 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 230.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 250.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 230.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 250.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: an 17
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 20,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un grand flan épais, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : DN IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVC.
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 (N1'a) ; diadème perlé ; dans le champ à droite, une croix.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre Seigneur Justinien Perpétuel Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/N/N/O - X/U/II///B// NIKO.
Reverse description : Grand M surmonté d'un chrisme.
Reverse translation : (An 17).
Commentary
Portrait magnifique. Exemplaire présentant la caractéristique d’avoir un petit chrisme surmontant la marque de valeur.
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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