bby_415776 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: an 14
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 37 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 21,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Frappe un peu brouillée au droit. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé, légèrement granuleuse au droit
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier de face avec pendilia, tenant de la main droite un globe crucigère et de la gauche un bouclier ; dans le champ à droite, une croix.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CON.
Reverse description : M surmontée d'une croisette.
Reverse legend : A/N/N/O - C/II/II/ D//
Reverse translation : (an 14/ Constantinople).
Commentary
Poids léger. Le bouclier est orné d’un cavalier galopant à droite. Notre exemplaire appartient à la série la plus lourde des folles frappée entre l’an 12 et l’an 15 (538/539 et 541/542).
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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